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 Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1996, c. 9.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