2014 Virginia Code
Title 29.1 - Game, Inland Fisheries and Boating
§ 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 prohibit by ordinance, shooting or hunting with a firearm, or prohibit hunters from traversing an area while in possession of a loaded firearm, within 100 yards of any property line of a public school or a county, city, town or regional park. The governing body may, in such ordinance, provide that any violation thereof shall be a Class 4 misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall give any county, city or town the authority to enforce such an ordinance on lands within a national or state park or forest, or wildlife management area.
1985, c. 485, ยง 29-144.5:1; 1987, c. 488.
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