Code of Virginia
Title 29.1 - Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating

Chapter 1 - Administration of Wildlife Resources

§ 29.1-100. Definitions - As used in and for the purposes of this title...

§ 29.1-100.1. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries continued as Department of Wildlife Resources - The Department of Wildlife Resources, formerly known as the Department...

§ 29.1-101. Game Protection Fund - The amount received by the State Treasurer from the collection...

§ 29.1-101.01. Capital Improvement Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special,...

§ 29.1-101.1. Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Endowment Fund - There is hereby established in the state treasury a special...

§ 29.1-101.2. Creation and management of Fund - There is a permanent revolving fund known as the Virginia...

§ 29.1-101.3. Deposit of money - All money belonging to the Fund shall be recorded on...

§ 29.1-101.4. Collection of money due to the Fund - The Department, or its designated agent, is empowered to collect...

§ 29.1-101.5. Grants and loans to local governments - After consultation with the Commissioner of the Virginia Marine Resources...

§ 29.1-101.6. Loans to owners other than local governments - After consultation with the Commissioner of the Virginia Marine Resources...

§ 29.1-101.7. Security for loans - Each loan to an owner other than a local government...

§ 29.1-101.8. Grants and loans for dams licensed under or by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - In the event that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issues...

§ 29.1-101.9. Requirement for fishways - Notwithstanding any provision of § 29.1-532, including the existence or...

§ 29.1-102. Board of Wildlife Resources; how constituted; meetings - A. The Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries is continued...

§ 29.1-103. Powers and duties of the Board - The Board is responsible for carrying out the purposes and...

§ 29.1-103.1. Control and eradication of wildlife diseases; Board authorized to promulgate regulations - The Board, in consultation with the Virginia Department of Agriculture...

§ 29.1-103.2. Assent to wildlife restoration projects and sport fishing restoration and management projects - The Commonwealth hereby assents to the provisions of the Federal...

§ 29.1-104. Acceptance of gifts, etc. - In addition to the authority granted the Board by §...

§ 29.1-105. Lease or contract respecting land or buildings - The Board is authorized, with the approval of the Governor,...

§ 29.1-106. Forest and watershed areas - The Board is authorized to exercise full control of the...

§ 29.1-107. Rules and regulations - All rules, resolutions, regulations and policies adopted by the Board...

§ 29.1-108. Audits and examinations - The minute books and other records of the Board shall...

§ 29.1-109. Department of Wildlife Resources; Director - A. The Department shall exist to provide public, informational and...

§ 29.1-110. Disbursements, accounts for Department; Board - A. The disbursements of the Department and the Board shall...

§ 29.1-111. Sale of timber; portion of proceeds to be paid to locality - A. The Director is authorized to manage and harvest timber...

§ 29.1-112. Payment of license and permit fees - The Director may authorize the acceptance of any method of...

§ 29.1-113. Admittance, parking, and use at certain Department-owned facilities or Department-leased land; civil penalty - A. No person shall make use of, gain admittance to,...

§ 29.1-114. Hunting from aircraft feral hogs - Notwithstanding § 5.1-17, employees of the Department and employees of...

Chapter 2 - Conservation Police Officers

§ 29.1-200. Appointment of conservation police officers - The Director shall appoint regular and special conservation police officers...

§ 29.1-201. Bond - Before entering upon the discharge of his official duties, each...

§ 29.1-202. Ex officio conservation police officers - All sheriffs, police officers or other peace officers of this...

§ 29.1-203. Jurisdiction; power to serve process - A. Conservation police officers shall have jurisdiction throughout the Commonwealth...

§ 29.1-204. Assisting the Director; supervision - The conservation police officers shall assist the Director in discharging...

§ 29.1-205. Power to make arrests - All conservation police officers are vested with the authority, upon...

§ 29.1-206. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-207. Impeding conservation police officer, etc., in discharge of his duty - If any person, by threats or force, attempts to intimidate...

§ 29.1-208. Searches and seizures - All conservation police officers are vested with the authority to...

§ 29.1-209. Inspection of game and fish without arrest - In order to see that bag or creel limits are...

§ 29.1-210. Person arrested may be committed to jail, bailed, recognized or summoned - Any person arrested for a violation of the game, inland...

§ 29.1-211. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-212. Precaution against fire - The conservation police officer shall caution persons of the danger...

§ 29.1-213. Taking samples of water believed to be polluted - Any conservation police officer appointed under the provisions of this...

§ 29.1-214. Duties of State Water Control Board with respect to water samples - Upon the receipt of any water sample sent under §...

§ 29.1-215. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-217. Special conservation police officers receiving no compensation from Commonwealth - A. On request of any employer owning more than 500...

§ 29.1-218. Defense of conservation police officer prosecuted on criminal charge - If any conservation police officer appointed by the Director is...

Chapter 3 - Licenses

§ 29.1-300. Unlawful to hunt, trap or fish without license - It shall be unlawful to hunt, trap or fish in...

§ 29.1-300.1. Certification of competence in hunter education; incentives - A. Except as provided in subsection B and §§ 29.1-300.4...

§ 29.1-300.2. Hunter education program - The Department shall provide for a course of instruction in...

§ 29.1-300.3. Program fees - No fee shall be charged for the instructor's service; however,...

§ 29.1-300.4. Apprentice hunting license; deferral of hunter education - A. There is hereby established an apprentice hunting license. The...

§ 29.1-301. Exemptions from license requirements - A. No license shall be required of landowners, their spouses,...

§ 29.1-302. Special license for certain resident disabled veterans - A. Certain resident veterans who are disabled due to a...

§ 29.1-302.01. Special fishing license for disabled active duty military personnel - Any resident or nonresident who is (i) on active duty...

§ 29.1-302.02. Special resident and nonresident hunting and fishing licenses for partially disabled veterans - A. Any nonresident veteran who is rated by the U.S....

§ 29.1-302.03. Special licenses for certain nonresident disabled veterans - A. Any nonresident veteran who is totally and permanently disabled...

§ 29.1-302.1. Special lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for residents and nonresidents - A. Any resident or nonresident individual may apply for and...

§ 29.1-302.2. Special lifetime fishing license; permanently disabled persons - Any resident who is permanently disabled, as defined in §...

§ 29.1-302.3. Special guest fishing licenses - An owner or bona fide lessee of private land bordering...

§ 29.1-302.4. Special lifetime trout fishing licenses for residents and nonresidents - A. Any resident or nonresident individual may apply for and...

§ 29.1-303. Fees to hunt - The license fees to hunt shall be as follows or...

§ 29.1-303.1. Trip hunting licenses - Nonresidents or residents of the Commonwealth may purchase a trip...

§ 29.1-303.2. State junior resident hunting license fee - The fee for a license to hunt in all counties...

§ 29.1-303.2:1. State junior resident bear hunting license; fee - The Board may create a separate state youth resident license...

§ 29.1-303.3. Youth resident and nonresident combination hunting license established; fee - There is hereby established a state youth resident combination hunting...

§ 29.1-304. Nonresident license to hunt within shooting preserves and foxhound training preserves - Licenses are required for nonresidents of the Commonwealth to hunt...

§ 29.1-305. Special license for hunting bear, deer and turkey; authority of Board to create bear license - A. A special license is required for hunting bear, deer...

§ 29.1-305.1. Bonus deer permits - The Board shall establish by regulation a procedure for selling...

§ 29.1-305.01. Special license to hunt elk; authority of Board to create elk license and quota hunts - A. The Board may create a separate special license to...

§ 29.1-305.2. Special fox hunting licenses - There shall be a special license for hunting foxes on...

§ 29.1-306. Special archery license, slingbow license, and crossbow license - There shall be a license for hunting with a bow...

§ 29.1-306.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2014, c. 136, cl. 2.

§ 29.1-307. Special muzzleloading license - There shall be a license for hunting with a muzzleloader...

§ 29.1-308. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-309. Fees to trap - The license fee to trap shall be as follows or...

§ 29.1-309.1. Special lifetime trapping license; permanently disabled persons and disabled veterans - Any resident who is (i) a veteran with a permanent...

§ 29.1-309.2. Special lifetime trapping license for senior citizens - Any resident who is 65 years of age or older...

§ 29.1-309.3. State junior resident trapping license established; fee - There is hereby established a state youth resident trapping license,...

§ 29.1-310. Fees to fish - A. The license fees to fish, which licenses shall not...

§ 29.1-310.1. Sportsman's hunting and fishing license established - A. Upon implementation of an automated point-of-sale licensing system, any...

§ 29.1-310.2. Special combined individual sportfishing licenses - A. Residents and nonresidents of the Commonwealth may obtain a...

§ 29.1-311. Trip fishing license for residents and nonresidents; trout stocked waters - A. Residents and nonresidents of the Commonwealth may obtain trip...

§ 29.1-312. Special fishing or hunting permits for certain veterans - Upon application received from the director or other comparable official...

§ 29.1-313. Issuance of licenses for use of individuals in certain state facilities - The Director shall have authority to issue at the regular...

§ 29.1-314. Special fishing permits for certain handicapped persons - A. Upon receipt of an application from an officer or...

§ 29.1-315. Special fishing permits for certain school classes - A. Upon receipt of an application from a qualified instructor,...

§ 29.1-315.1. Special permit to hunt and fish by youth during fish and wildlife education events - Upon receipt of an application from an officer or other...

§ 29.1-316. Special fishing permits for certain youth camps - A. Upon receipt of an application from an officer or...

§ 29.1-317. Special fishing permits for certain juveniles - A. Upon application from the superintendent of any juvenile correctional...

§ 29.1-318. Board may charge use fees for fishing in certain waters - In addition to the license fees provided for elsewhere in...

§ 29.1-319. Persons entitled to county, city, or state resident licenses - The following persons shall be entitled to a state resident...

§ 29.1-320. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-321. Nonresident required to buy nonresident license - Nonresidents of this Commonwealth shall be required, except as otherwise...

§ 29.1-322. Residents of counties bordering on streams - The residents of counties bordering a nontidal stream shall have...

§ 29.1-323. By whom licenses issued - The clerks of the circuit courts of cities, and such...

§ 29.1-324. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-325. Evidence that applicant entitled to license - The clerk or agent shall require any applicant to make...

§ 29.1-326. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-327. Agents for sale of licenses and permits; sales by telephone and electronic media - A. The Board shall have authority to appoint agents operating...

§ 29.1-328. Term of licenses and permits; multiple-year license - A. Hunting and trapping licenses and permits shall be valid...

§ 29.1-329. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-330. Delivery to clerk or agent; return of unused annually expiring materials and unsold licenses; voluntary contributions - A. The Director shall send to each clerk or agent...

§ 29.1-331. Licenses to be dated, numbered and authenticated - All licenses shall be dated, numbered, and authenticated by the...

§ 29.1-332. License and permit receipts; compensation for issuing; sums to be credited to game protection fund - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 2.2-1802, the money received...

§ 29.1-333. Reports to Director as to sale of licenses - A. When remitting license and permit receipts, each clerk or...

§ 29.1-334. Certificate when license lost or destroyed - If a license, other than a license issued by electronic...

§ 29.1-335. Hunting, trapping or fishing without a license - No person shall hunt, trap, or fish without having obtained...

§ 29.1-336. Carrying licenses and certificates; penalty - A. Every person who is issued a hunting, trapping, or...

§ 29.1-337. Displaying license upon request - A. Every person who is issued a hunting, trapping or...

§ 29.1-337.1. Penalty for false statements; altering, borrowing or lending license - It shall be unlawful for any person to make a...

§ 29.1-338. Revocation of license and privileges; penalties - If any person is found guilty of violating (i) any...

§ 29.1-339. Complimentary licenses - The Director is authorized to issue complimentary hunting licenses and...

§ 29.1-339.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 127, cl. 2.

§ 29.1-339.2. Establishment of Virginia Migratory Waterfowl Conservation Stamp; required - A. No person shall hunt or take any migratory waterfowl...

§ 29.1-340. Hunting waterfowl from unlicensed blinds and without season license - It shall be unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl on the...

§ 29.1-341. Stationary blinds defined - For the purposes of this article, a stationary blind means...

§ 29.1-341.1. Number of stationary blinds permitted; when erected - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 29.1-340, clubs holding stationary waterfowl...

§ 29.1-342. Floating blinds - Floating blinds shall mean floating blinds permitted by law in...

§ 29.1-342.1. Waterfowl blinds in locality where bird hunting with firearms prohibited - The Department shall not license any stationary waterfowl blind in...

§ 29.1-343. Fees for waterfowl blind licenses - The fees for waterfowl blind licenses shall be as follows...

§ 29.1-344. Stationary blinds on shore and in the public waters for owners of riparian rights - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 29.1-340, each year, the owners...

§ 29.1-344.1. Stationary duck blind license; riparian landowners exempted - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 29.1-340, the owners of riparian...

§ 29.1-344.2. Time period for obtaining riparian stationary blind licenses - A. Riparian owners or their lessees or permittees licensing a...

§ 29.1-345. Stationary blinds in the public waters for nonriparian owners - Unless a license has been obtained pursuant to § 29.1-344,...

§ 29.1-345.1. Time period for obtaining nonriparian stationary blind licenses - A. A nonriparian license for a stationary blind in the...

§ 29.1-345.2. Damaged stationary blinds in Virginia Beach; civil penalty - Any licensee who has a stationary blind located in the...

§ 29.1-346. When license for floating blinds issued; distance from stationary blinds - Licenses for floating blinds permitted by law, in the public...

§ 29.1-347. Renewing licenses - The holders of licenses first issued under this article may...

§ 29.1-348. Obtaining licenses - All applications for blind licenses under this article shall be...

§ 29.1-349. Hunting, erecting blind within 500 yards of licensed blind - A. No person shall hunt or shoot migratory waterfowl in...

§ 29.1-350. Exemption from application of article - The provisions of this article shall not apply to the...

§ 29.1-351. Regulations to be issued; present regulations continued in force - The Board shall have the power to amend or alter...

§ 29.1-351.1. Penalty for violations - Unless otherwise specified, any person who violates any of the...

§ 29.1-352. Damage stamp program established; purpose; intent - There is hereby established a damage stamp program to provide...

§ 29.1-353. Local governing body to adopt ordinance - A. Any local governing body may adopt an ordinance consistent...

§ 29.1-354. Stamps required; issuance; fee; affixing stamps; cancellation - It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt bear,...

§ 29.1-355. Disposition of funds - All moneys received from the sale of the special stamps...

§ 29.1-356. Reporting damages; filing and adjudicating claims - Any person suffering damage pursuant to the provisions of this...

§ 29.1-357. Civil action required - In any instance in which compensable damage is alleged to...

§ 29.1-358. Localities to report claims and reimbursements - Any locality establishing a damage stamp program pursuant to the...

Chapter 4 - Permits Required

§ 29.1-400. Unlawful to deal in furs without a permit - It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, barter, exchange, traffic...

§ 29.1-401. Exemptions as to fur permits - A. A permit shall not be required of any hunter...

§ 29.1-402. Permit fees to deal in furs; permit issuance - A. The fee for a permit to buy, sell, barter,...

§ 29.1-403. Term of permits; application - All fur permits shall be for the fiscal year, July...

§ 29.1-404. Qualifications of permittee - The qualifications for securing resident county and state hunting and...

§ 29.1-405. Reports of permittees - The Director may require each permit holder to submit, within...

§ 29.1-406. Penalty for violations - The violation of any of the terms of this article...

§ 29.1-407. Forfeiture of furs - Any furs found in the possession of any person or...

§ 29.1-408. Permit required; exceptions - No person shall hunt, fish, or trap on any lands...

§ 29.1-409. From whom permits obtained; fee - The special national forest permit may be obtained from the...

§ 29.1-410. Disposition of funds - The funds derived from the sale of the special permits...

§ 29.1-411. Cooperative agreement - The Board shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the...

§ 29.1-412. Permits required - It shall be unlawful to exercise any privilege of the...

§ 29.1-413. Issuance discretionary, duration - The issuance of all of the permits provided by this...

§ 29.1-414. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-415. Taxidermy; sale of specimens - The fee for a permit to stuff or mount birds,...

§ 29.1-416. Netting fish - A. The fee for a permit to net fish in...

§ 29.1-416.1. Use of eel pots in the waters of Back Bay and its tributaries - A. The Board may permit a licensee to use eel...

§ 29.1-417. Capturing, holding, propagating, and disposing of wildlife for authorized purposes - A. The fee for a permit to capture, hold, propagate,...

§ 29.1-418. Collecting specimens - The fee for a permit to collect specimens of fish,...

§ 29.1-419. Taking or holding of falcons, hawks and owls; use to hunt wild game - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may: 1....

§ 29.1-420. From whom permits obtained - The permits provided for in this article may be obtained...

§ 29.1-421. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-422. Permits for field trials - The Board is authorized to grant permits to bona fide...

Chapter 5 - Wildlife and Fish Laws

§ 29.1-500. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-501. Promulgation of regulations; publication of proposed regulations or change therein; validation; evidentiary nature of publication - A. The Board may promulgate regulations pertaining to the hunting,...

§ 29.1-502. Adoption of regulations - The board may adopt regulations and amendments to regulations upon...

§ 29.1-503. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, c. 9.

§ 29.1-504. Annual publication of laws and regulations - All laws relating to hunting, fishing and trapping, together with...

§ 29.1-505. Penalty for violation of regulations - It shall be a misdemeanor to violate any regulation promulgated...

§ 29.1-505.1. Conspiracy; penalty - If any person conspires with another to commit any offense...

§ 29.1-506. Prescribing seasons and bag limits for taking fish and game - After careful study of each species of wild bird, animal...

§ 29.1-507. Closing or shortening open season - The Board may close or shorten the open season in...

§ 29.1-508. Board to prescribe seasons, bag limits and methods of taking and killing fish and game on lands and waters owned or controlled by Board - The Board is hereby authorized to adopt rules and regulations...

§ 29.1-508.1. Use of drugs on vertebrate wildlife - A. Without written authorization from the Director or his designee,...

§ 29.1-509. Duty of care and liability for damages of landowners to hunters, fishermen, sightseers, etc. - A. For the purpose of this section: "Fee" means any...

§ 29.1-510. Big game; small game - For the purpose of the hunting and trapping laws of...

§ 29.1-511. Open season on nuisance species - There shall be a continuous open season for killing nuisance...

§ 29.1-512. Closed season on other species - There shall be a continuous closed hunting season on all...

§ 29.1-513. Daily and season bag limits as promulgated by Board regulations - It shall be lawful to hunt wild birds and wild...

§ 29.1-514. Nonmigratory game birds - A. The following nonmigratory game birds may be hunted during...

§ 29.1-515. Migratory game birds - Migratory game birds may be hunted in accordance with regulations...

§ 29.1-516. Game animals - The following provisions shall apply to the killing and hunting...

§ 29.1-516.1. Using tracking dogs to retrieve bear, deer, or turkey - Tracking dogs maintained and controlled on a lead may be...

§ 29.1-516.2. Hunting with dogs; dogs to wear tags - Any person engaged in lawful hunting with a dog shall...

§ 29.1-517. Trapping and shooting of fur-bearing animals during closed season - A landowner may trap or shoot fur-bearing animals upon his...

§ 29.1-518. When killing of beaver permitted - When beaver are damaging crops or lands, the owner of...

§ 29.1-519. Guns, pistols, revolvers, etc., which may be used; penalty - A. All wild birds and wild animals may be hunted...

§ 29.1-520. Times for hunting - A. Nonmigratory game birds and game animals may be hunted...

§ 29.1-521. Unlawful to hunt, trap, possess, sell, or transport wild birds and wild animals except as permitted; exception; penalty - A. The following is unlawful: 1. To hunt or kill...

§ 29.1-521.1. Willfully impeding hunting or trapping; penalty - A. It is unlawful to willfully and intentionally impede the...

§ 29.1-521.2. Violation of § 18.2-286 while hunting; revocation of license and privileges - A. Any firearm, crossbow, slingbow, arrowgun, or bow and arrow...

§ 29.1-521.3. Shooting wild birds and wild animals from stationary vehicles by disabled persons - Any person, upon application to a conservation police officer and...

§ 29.1-522. Unlawful to kill male deer unless antlers visible above hair - Unless the Board declares otherwise by regulation, it shall be...

§ 29.1-523. Killing deer by use of certain lights; acts raising presumption of attempt to kill - Any person who kills or attempts to kill any deer...

§ 29.1-523.1. Hunting deer with sights after dark; forfeiture of weapon and sighting device - A. Any person who kills or attempts to kill any...

§ 29.1-524. Forfeiture of vehicles and weapons used for killing or attempt to kill - Every vehicle, firearm, crossbow, slingbow, arrowgun, bow and arrow, or...

§ 29.1-525. Employment of lights under certain circumstances upon places used by deer - A. Any person in any vehicle and then in possession...

§ 29.1-525.1. Deer enclosures prohibited; exceptions; penalty - A. It is unlawful to erect a fence that prevents...

§ 29.1-525.2. Fox and coyote enclosures prohibited; penalty - A. It is unlawful to erect, maintain, or operate an...

§ 29.1-526. Counties and cities may prohibit hunting or trapping near primary and secondary highways - The governing body of any county or city may prohibit...

§ 29.1-527. Counties, cities or towns may prohibit hunting near public schools and county, city, town or regional parks - The governing body of any county, city or town may...

§ 29.1-527.1. Localities may prohibit feeding of migratory and nonmigratory waterfowl - Upon notice to the Department, any locality may prohibit by...

§ 29.1-527.2. Localities may prohibit feeding of deer - Any city or town may, by ordinance, prohibit the feeding...

§ 29.1-528. Board to develop model ordinances for hunting with firearms; counties or cities may adopt - A. The Board shall adopt regulations establishing model ordinances for...

§ 29.1-528.1. Board to develop model ordinances for hunting with bow and arrow; counties or cities may adopt - A. The Board shall adopt regulations establishing model ordinances for...

§ 29.1-528.2. Local tree stand ordinance; disabled hunter exempt - While hunting during any established open hunting season and in...

§ 29.1-529. Killing of deer, elk or bear damaging fruit trees, crops, livestock, or personal property; wildlife creating a hazard to aircraft or motor vehicles - A. Whenever deer, elk or bear are damaging fruit trees,...

§ 29.1-530. Open and closed season for trapping, bag limits, etc. - A. There shall be a continuous open season for trapping...

§ 29.1-530.1. Solid blaze orange or solid blaze pink clothing required at certain times - A. For the purposes of this section, "solid blaze orange"...

§ 29.1-530.2. Unlawfully killing bear; penalty - Any person who kills or attempts to kill a bear...

§ 29.1-530.3. Remote hunting prohibited; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to engage in...

§ 29.1-530.4. Duty of certain entities to report hunting incidents - Any law-enforcement agency or emergency medical services provider that receives...

§ 29.1-530.5. Wildlife Violator Compact - ARTICLE I Findings, Declaration of Policy, and Purpose (a) The...

§ 29.1-531. Unlawful to take or attempt to take, possess, sell or transport fish except as permitted - A. Unless otherwise provided by a regulation of the Board,...

§ 29.1-532. Dams and fishways - Any dam or other object in a watercourse, which obstructs...

§ 29.1-533. Prohibition against use of substances injurious to fish - It shall be unlawful to use any explosive for the...

§ 29.1-534. Right to fish in interjurisdictional inland waters - A Virginia resident or a resident of an adjoining jurisdiction...

§ 29.1-535. Reciprocal agreement as to fishing in such waters - The Board shall have the necessary authority to enter into...

§ 29.1-536. Sale - When taken in accordance with the provisions of law or...

§ 29.1-537. Possession - When taken in accordance with the provisions of this title,...

§ 29.1-538. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-539. Keeping deer or bear struck by motor vehicle; procedure to be followed by driver - Any person driving a motor vehicle who collides with a...

§ 29.1-540. Carriage and shipment - A. When taken in accordance with the provisions of this...

§ 29.1-541. Storage - It shall be unlawful for any person to store any...

§ 29.1-542. Importation - Live wolves or coyotes, or birds and animals otherwise classed...

§ 29.1-543. Game and fish taken and packaged outside the Commonwealth - It shall be lawful to possess, store, transport, offer for...

§ 29.1-543.1. Introduction, stocking, and release of blue catfish; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to introduce into...

§ 29.1-544. Dressing, packing and selling bobwhite quail - A. It shall be lawful for the licensee of a...

§ 29.1-545. Possession, sale, offering for sale or liberation of live nutria - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or...

§ 29.1-546. General penalty - Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of...

§ 29.1-547. Trapping, selling, purchasing, etc., migratory game birds - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 29.1-546 and 29.1-553, any person...

§ 29.1-548. Killing deer illegally - Any person killing a deer in violation of Board regulations,...

§ 29.1-549. Hunting deer from watercraft - A. Any person who kills or attempts to kill any...

§ 29.1-550. Taking game or fish during closed season or exceeding bag limit - It is unlawful for any person to (i) take or...

§ 29.1-551. Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken - The judge or court, upon convicting any person of a...

§ 29.1-552. Killing wild turkey during closed season - Any person who kills a wild turkey during the closed...

§ 29.1-553. Selling or offering for sale; penalty - A. Any person who offers for sale, sells, offers to...

§ 29.1-553.1. Penalty for wanton waste - Any person violating a regulation adopted by the Board to...

§ 29.1-554. Violation of sanctuaries, refuges, preserves and water used for propagation - It shall be unlawful for any person, including a property...

§ 29.1-554.1. Impeding lawful fishing in inland waters; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to willfully and...

§ 29.1-555. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-556. Unlawful devices to be destroyed - Any firearm, trap, net, or other device of any kind...

§ 29.1-556.1. Release of certain balloons prohibited; civil penalty; community service - A. It is unlawful for any individual 16 years of...

§ 29.1-557. Confiscation of wild birds and animals under certain circumstances; disposition - Wild birds, wild animals and fish are the property of...

§ 29.1-558. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-561. Self-incrimination - No person shall be excused from testifying for the Commonwealth...

§ 29.1-562. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-563. Definitions - For the purposes of this article: "Conservation plan" means a...

§ 29.1-564. Taking, transportation, sale, etc., of endangered species prohibited - The taking, transportation, possession, sale, or offer for sale within...

§ 29.1-565. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-566. Regulations - The Board is authorized to adopt the federal list, as...

§ 29.1-567. Penalties; authority of conservation police officers and police officers; disposition of property seized - A. Any person who violates the provisions of § 29.1-564...

§ 29.1-568. When Board may permit taking of endangered or threatened species; designated experimental populations - A. The Board may permit the taking, exportation, transportation, or...

§ 29.1-569. Keeping of reptiles generally; penalty - It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of...

§ 29.1-570. Cooperation of state agencies - All departments, commissions, boards, authorities, agencies, offices and institutions within...

§ 29.1-571. Definition - "Nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species" means a nonindigenous aquatic freshwater animal...

§ 29.1-572. Authority of Board; regulations - The Board may promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the...

§ 29.1-573. Department; powers - A. The Department may conduct operations and measures to suppress,...

§ 29.1-574. Prohibitions - A. No person shall knowingly import, possess, transport, sell, purchase,...

§ 29.1-575. Permits - The Director shall permit the importation, possession, purchase, receipt, or...

§ 29.1-576. Authority for inspection; warrants - To carry out the purposes of this article, the Director...

§ 29.1-576.1. Zebra mussels; education program - The Director shall establish an education program that instructs boaters...

§ 29.1-577. Penalties - Any person who violates any provision of this article or...

§ 29.1-578. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 29.1-579. Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; adoption - A. The Department, in collaboration with the Department of Transportation,...

Chapter 6 - Preserves and Sanctuaries

§ 29.1-600. Licenses for shooting preserves - A. The Director shall issue licenses for all shooting preserves...

§ 29.1-600.1. Board to promulgate regulations - The Board shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the...

§ 29.1-601. Applicant to own or have land under lease; boundaries - No shooting preserve license shall be granted unless the applicant...

§ 29.1-602. Applicant to develop land, release game and comply with other provisions - The applicant shall (i) develop the lands to be licensed...

§ 29.1-603. No taking of game before compliance with requirements of Board - Until the requirements specified by the Board have been fulfilled...

§ 29.1-604. Hunting, etc., after compliance with requirements - When the requirements specified by the Board have been certified...

§ 29.1-605. Reserved - Reserved.

§ 29.1-606. Seals to be attached to shot game; penalty - No shot game of the species named in the license...

§ 29.1-607. Hunting season and bag limit - The length of the hunting season on such preserves and...

§ 29.1-608. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 753.

§ 29.1-609. Revocation of license - Any shooting preserve license may be revoked by the Director...

§ 29.1-610. Portion of James River a no-hunting area - The James River from Bosher's Dam downstream to the Interstate...

§ 29.1-611. Penalty for violations - Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter...

§ 29.1-612. Preserves, private clubs, associations - Nothing in this title shall be construed as permitting any...

Chapter 7 - Boating Laws

§ 29.1-700. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires...

§ 29.1-701. Department to administer chapter; Motorboat Committee; funds for administration; records; rules and regulations - A. It shall be the duty of the Department to...

§ 29.1-701.1. Authority of Board to set fees - Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Board may...

§ 29.1-702. Registration requirements; display of numbers; cancellation of certificate; exemption - A. 1. The owner of each motorboat requiring numbering by...

§ 29.1-702.1. Making false affidavit or swearing falsely, perjury; penalty - Any person who knowingly makes any false affidavit or knowingly...

§ 29.1-703. Identification numbers required; decals - Every motorboat on the waters of this Commonwealth shall be...

§ 29.1-703.1. Temporary registration certificate; fee; application - A. An owner may obtain a temporary registration certificate from...

§ 29.1-703.2. Designation of agents; compensation to agents; deposit of temporary registration certificate moneys - A. The Director may authorize any person to act as...

§ 29.1-704. Recording previously awarded numbers - The owner of any motorboat already covered by a number...

§ 29.1-705. Change of ownership of motorboat; lost certificates - Should the ownership of a numbered motorboat change, a new...

§ 29.1-706. Agents awarding numbers - The Director may award any certificate of number directly or...

§ 29.1-707. Records - All records of the Department made or kept pursuant to...

§ 29.1-708. Transfer, destruction or abandonment of motorboat - The owner shall furnish the Department with notice of (i)...

§ 29.1-709. Change of address of certificate holder - Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify the...

§ 29.1-710. Exemption from numbering requirements - A motorboat shall not be required to be numbered under...

§ 29.1-711. Dealers and manufacturers of motorboats - The following shall apply to dealers and manufacturers: 1. The...

§ 29.1-712. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, c. 787, cl. 2, effective July...

§ 29.1-733.2. Definitions - The definitions in this section do not apply to any...

§ 29.1-733.3. Applicability - Subject to § 29.1-733.29, this article applies to any transaction,...

§ 29.1-733.4. Supplemental principles of law and equity - Unless displaced by a provision of this article, the principles...

§ 29.1-733.5. Law governing watercraft covered by certificate of title - A. The law of the state or other jurisdiction under...

§ 29.1-733.6. Certificate of title required - A. No person shall operate a watercraft subject to titling...

§ 29.1-733.7. Application for certificate of title - A. Except as otherwise provided in § 29.1-733.10, 29.1-733.15, 29.1-733.19,...

§ 29.1-733.8. Creation and cancellation of certificate of title - A. Unless an application for a certificate of title is...

§ 29.1-733.9. Content of certificate of title - A. A certificate of title shall contain: 1. The date...

§ 29.1-733.10. Title brand - A. Unless subsection C applies, at or before the time...

§ 29.1-733.11. Maintenance of and access to files - A. For each record relating to a certificate of title...

§ 29.1-733.12. Action required on creation of certificate of title - A. On creation of a written certificate of title, the...

§ 29.1-733.13. Effect of certificate of title - A certificate of title is prima facie evidence of the...

§ 29.1-733.14. Effect of possession of certificate of title; judicial process; levy; penalty - A. Possession of a certificate of title does not by...

§ 29.1-733.15. Perfection of security interest - A. Except as otherwise provided in this section or §...

§ 29.1-733.16. Termination statement; delivery of certificate of title; penalty - A. A secured party indicated in the files of the...

§ 29.1-733.17. Transfer of ownership - A. On voluntary transfer of an ownership interest in a...

§ 29.1-733.18. Effect of missing or incorrect information - Except as otherwise provided in § 8.9A-337, a certificate of...

§ 29.1-733.19. Transfer of ownership by secured party's transfer statement - A. For the purpose of this section, "secured party's transfer...

§ 29.1-733.20. Transfer by operation of law - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...

§ 29.1-733.21. Application for transfer of ownership or termination of security interest without certificate of title - A. Except as otherwise provided in § 29.1-733.19 or 29.1-733.20,...

§ 29.1-733.22. Replacement certificate of title - A. If a written certificate of title is lost, stolen,...

§ 29.1-733.23. Rights of purchaser other than secured party - A. A buyer in ordinary course of business has the...

§ 29.1-733.24. Rights of secured party - A. Subject to subsection B or C, the effect of...

§ 29.1-733.25. Acquiring title to an abandoned watercraft - A. Any watercraft abandoned for a period exceeding 60 days...

§ 29.1-733.26. Duties and operation of the Department - A. The Department shall retain the evidence used to establish...

§ 29.1-733.27. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be...

§ 29.1-733.28. Relationship to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This article modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...

§ 29.1-733.29. Savings clause - A. The rights, duties, and interests flowing from a transaction,...

§ 29.1-734. Authorization for and placing of markers in waters of the Commonwealth used for public swimming areas; no motorboating, waterskiing in marked area - A. Any owner of real estate which touches any of...

§ 29.1-734.1. Skin and scuba divers - A. No person shall engage in skin diving or scuba...

§ 29.1-735. Regulations for vessel operation and equipment - A. The Board shall adopt such regulations as it deems...

§ 29.1-735.1. Board authorized to promulgate regulations for seaplanes - The Board may promulgate regulations governing the takeoff, landing and...

§ 29.1-735.2. Boating safety education required; Board to promulgate regulations - A. No person shall operate a motorboat with a motor...

§ 29.1-735.3. Regulation of parasail operators - The Board shall promulgate regulations applicable to the commercial operations...

§ 29.1-736. Boat rentals; equipment; safety course - A. It shall be unlawful to rent a motorboat to...

§ 29.1-737. Muffling devices - The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on any...

§ 29.1-738. Operating boat or manipulating water skis, etc., in reckless manner or while intoxicated, etc. - A. No person shall operate any motorboat or vessel, or...

§ 29.1-738.01. Operating boat in an improper manner; penalty - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 29.1-738, upon the trial of...

§ 29.1-738.02. Persons under age twenty-one operating watercraft after illegally consuming alcohol; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person under the...

§ 29.1-738.03. Reckless operation of a personal watercraft - A person shall be guilty of reckless operation of a...

§ 29.1-738.1. Analysis of breath to determine alcohol content of blood - Any person who is suspected of a violation of subsection...

§ 29.1-738.2. Consent to blood or breath test - A. Any person who operates a watercraft or motorboat which...

§ 29.1-738.3. Presumptions from alcohol or drug content - In any prosecution for operating a watercraft or motorboat that...

§ 29.1-738.4. Additional penalty for reckless or intoxicated operation of a watercraft or motorboat - In addition to any other penalties authorized by law, upon...

§ 29.1-738.5. Participation in rehabilitation program - A. Any person convicted of a violation of subsection B...

§ 29.1-738.6. When arrested person operating a vessel; how vessel removed from scene of arrest - In any case in which a law-enforcement officer arrests the...

§ 29.1-739. Duty of operator involved in collision, accident or other casualty; immunity from liability; report of collision, etc.; summons in lieu of arrest - A. It shall be the duty of the operator of...

§ 29.1-739.1. Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; attempts to elude; penalty - A. Any person who, having received a visible or audible...

§ 29.1-739.2. Conservation police officers to patrol lakes - The Department shall have an enhanced enforcement effort that is...

§ 29.1-740. Duty to stop and render assistance; penalties for violations - It shall be the duty of every operator of a...

§ 29.1-741. Furnishing information to agency of United States - In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized...

§ 29.1-742. Towing water skis, surfboards, etc. - A. No person shall operate a vessel on any waters...

§ 29.1-743. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1997, c. 108.

§ 29.1-744. Local regulation; application for placement or removal of "no wake" buoys, etc. - A. Any political subdivision of this Commonwealth may, at any...

§ 29.1-744.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 537, effective January 1, 1999.

§ 29.1-744.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 857, effective January 1, 1999.

§ 29.1-744.3. Slacken speed and control wakes near structures - It shall be unlawful to operate any motorboat, except a...

§ 29.1-744.4. "Pass-through" zones; local ordinances; penalties - After providing notice to the Department, any locality may, by...

§ 29.1-745. Enforcement of chapter; vessels displaying Coast Guard inspection decal - A. Every conservation police officer, officer of the Virginia Marine...

§ 29.1-746. Penalties - A. Unless specified otherwise, any person who violates any provision...

§ 29.1-747. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, cc. 84 and 563, and repealed...

§ 29.1-748. Restrictions on operation; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to: 1. Operate...

§ 29.1-748.1. Local ordinances; operation on lakes; minimum distance from shoreline; penalty - A. Any locality in Planning District 23 may, by ordinance,...

§ 29.1-749. Owner of personal watercraft permitting violation; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for the owner of or...

§ 29.1-749.1. Identification of personal watercraft rentals - Every business located in a city with a population greater...

§ 29.1-749.2. Local regulation of personal watercraft rentals; penalty - A. The City of Virginia Beach may by ordinance regulate...

§ 29.1-749.3. Personal watercraft instruction; rental agents - Any person who is in the business of renting personal...

§ 29.1-750. Exemptions - The provisions of this article shall not apply to participants...

Chapter 8 - Watercraft Dealer Licensing Act

§ 29.1-800. Short title - The short title of this chapter is "Virginia Watercraft Dealer...

§ 29.1-801. Definitions - Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms...

§ 29.1-802. General powers of Board - The Board shall promote the interest of the retail buyers...

§ 29.1-803. Powers with respect to hearings, legal proceedings, witnesses, etc. - The Director may, in hearings arising under this chapter, determine...

§ 29.1-804. Suit to enjoin violations - The Director may, whenever he shall believe from evidence submitted...

§ 29.1-805. Regulations - The Board may make such regulations requiring persons licensed under...

§ 29.1-806. Examination or audit of licensee; complaints; costs - A. The Director may inspect the pertinent books, records, letters...

§ 29.1-807. Penalties - Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter...

§ 29.1-808. Licenses required - It is unlawful for any person to engage in business...

§ 29.1-808.1. Boating safety education required - It shall be unlawful for any watercraft salesman or watercraft...

§ 29.1-809. Application for license - A. Application for license shall be made to the Director...

§ 29.1-810. Bond of dealer; right of action for fraudulent acts - A. Before any watercraft dealer's license shall be issued by...

§ 29.1-811. Issuance, expiration and renewal of dealers' certificates of license - All dealer certificates of license shall be issued for a...

§ 29.1-812. Supplemental licenses - A. Subject to the provisions of § 29.1-808, each place...

§ 29.1-813. License fees; additional to other licenses and fees required by law - A. The fee for each license year or part thereof...

§ 29.1-814. Collection of license fees; appropriation; payments from fund - All licensing fees shall be collected by the Director as...

§ 29.1-815. Locations to be specified, etc.; display of license; change of location - The licenses of new watercraft dealers, used watercraft dealers, manufacturers,...

§ 29.1-816. Advertisement - Unless the watercraft dealer is clearly identified by name, whenever...

§ 29.1-817. Lists of licensed salesmen - Each dealer shall keep a current list of his licensed...

§ 29.1-818. Licenses of salesmen, etc., to be carried, etc.; change of employer - Every watercraft dealer, watercraft salesman, watercraft demonstrator, factory representative and...

§ 29.1-819. Grounds for denying, suspending or revoking licenses - A license may be denied, suspended or revoked on any...

§ 29.1-820. Action upon applications; hearing upon denial; denial for failure to have established place of business - A. The Director shall act upon all applications for a...

§ 29.1-821. Suspension, revocation and refusal to renew licenses; notice and hearing - Except as provided in § 29.1-810, no license shall be...

§ 29.1-822. Acts of officers, directors, partners and salesmen - If a licensee is a partnership or corporation, it shall...

§ 29.1-823. Appeals from actions of the Director; generally - Any person aggrieved by the action of the Director in...

§ 29.1-824. Appeals to Court of Appeals; bond - Either party may appeal from the decision of the court...

§ 29.1-825. Equitable remedies not impaired - The remedy at law provided by §§ 29.1-823 and 29.1-824...

§ 29.1-826. Installment sales - A. Every retail installment sale shall be evidenced by an...

§ 29.1-827. Prohibited solicitation and compensation - It shall be unlawful for any watercraft dealer or salesman...

§ 29.1-828. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...

§ 29.1-829. Warranty work; dealers' requirements; performance of warranty work; disapproval of claims; indemnification - A. If a manufacturer requires or permits a dealer to...

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Code of Virginia Title 29.1 - Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating

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Title 29.1 - Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating