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Title 29.1 - Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating
Chapter 5 - Wildlife and Fish Laws
Article 1. General Provisions
- § 29.1-500. Reserved
- § 29.1-501. Promulgation of regulations; publication of proposed regulations or change therein; validation; evidentiary nature of publication
- § 29.1-502. Adoption of regulations
- § 29.1-503. Repealed
- § 29.1-504. Annual publication of laws and regulations
- § 29.1-505. Penalty for violation of regulations
- § 29.1-505.1. Conspiracy; penalty
- § 29.1-506. Prescribing seasons and bag limits for taking fish and game
- § 29.1-507. Closing or shortening open season
- § 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
- § 29.1-508.1. Use of drugs on vertebrate wildlife
- § 29.1-509. Duty of care and liability for damages of landowners to hunters, fishermen, sightseers, etc.
Article 2. Hunting and Trapping
- § 29.1-510. Big game; small game
- § 29.1-511. Open season on nuisance species
- § 29.1-512. Closed season on other species
- § 29.1-513. Daily and season bag limits as promulgated by Board regulations
- § 29.1-514. Nonmigratory game birds
- § 29.1-515. Migratory game birds
- § 29.1-516. Game animals
- § 29.1-516.1. Using tracking dogs to retrieve bear, deer, or turkey
- § 29.1-517. Trapping and shooting of fur-bearing animals during closed season
- § 29.1-518. When killing of beaver permitted
- § 29.1-519. Guns, pistols, revolvers, etc., which may be used; penalty
- § 29.1-520. Times for hunting
- § 29.1-521. Unlawful to hunt, trap, possess, sell, or transport wild birds and wild animals except as permitted; exception; penalty
- § 29.1-521.1. Willfully impeding hunting or trapping; penalty
- § 29.1-521.2. Violation of ยง 18.2-286 while hunting; revocation of license and privileges
- § 29.1-521.3. Shooting wild birds and wild animals from stationary vehicles by disabled persons
- § 29.1-522. Unlawful to kill male deer unless antlers visible above hair
- § 29.1-523. Killing deer by use of certain lights; acts raising presumption of attempt to kill
- § 29.1-523.1. Hunting deer with sights after dark; forfeiture of weapon and sighting device
- § 29.1-524. Forfeiture of vehicles and weapons used for killing or attempt to kill
- § 29.1-525. Employment of lights under certain circumstances upon places used by deer
- § 29.1-525.1. Deer enclosures prohibited; exceptions; penalty
- § 29.1-525.2. Fox and coyote enclosures prohibited; penalty
- § 29.1-526. Counties and cities may prohibit hunting or trapping near primary and secondary highways
- § 29.1-527. Counties, cities or towns may prohibit hunting near public schools and county, city, town or regional parks
- § 29.1-527.1. Localities may prohibit feeding of migratory and nonmigratory waterfowl
- § 29.1-527.2. Localities may prohibit feeding of deer
- § 29.1-528. Board to develop model ordinances for hunting with firearms; counties or cities may adopt
- § 29.1-528.1. Board to develop model ordinances for hunting with bow and arrow; counties or cities may adopt
- § 29.1-528.2. Local tree stand ordinance; disabled hunter exempt
- § 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
- § 29.1-530. Open and closed season for trapping, bag limits, etc.
- § 29.1-530.1. Solid blaze orange or solid blaze pink clothing required at certain times
- § 29.1-530.2. Unlawfully killing bear; penalty
- § 29.1-530.3. Remote hunting prohibited; penalty
- § 29.1-530.4. Duty of certain entities to report hunting incidents
Article 2.1. Wildlife Violator Compact
Article 3. Fishing Laws
- § 29.1-531. Unlawful to take or attempt to take, possess, sell or transport fish except as permitted
- § 29.1-532. Dams and fishways
- § 29.1-533. Prohibition against use of substances injurious to fish
- § 29.1-534. Right to fish in interjurisdictional inland waters
- § 29.1-535. Reciprocal agreement as to fishing in such waters
Article 4. Possession, Transportation, and Sale of Game and Fish
- § 29.1-536. Sale
- § 29.1-537. Possession
- § 29.1-538. Reserved
- § 29.1-539. Keeping deer or bear struck by motor vehicle; procedure to be followed by driver
- § 29.1-540. Carriage and shipment
- § 29.1-541. Storage
- § 29.1-542. Importation
- § 29.1-543. Game and fish taken and packaged outside the Commonwealth
- § 29.1-543.1. Introduction, stocking, and release of blue catfish; penalty
- § 29.1-544. Dressing, packing and selling bobwhite quail
- § 29.1-545. Possession, sale, offering for sale or liberation of live nutria
Article 5. Penalties in General
- § 29.1-546. General penalty
- § 29.1-547. Trapping, selling, purchasing, etc., migratory game birds
- § 29.1-548. Killing deer illegally
- § 29.1-549. Hunting deer from watercraft
- § 29.1-550. Taking game or fish during closed season or exceeding bag limit
- § 29.1-551. Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken
- § 29.1-552. Killing wild turkey during closed season
- § 29.1-553. Selling or offering for sale; penalty
- § 29.1-553.1. Penalty for wanton waste
- § 29.1-554. Violation of sanctuaries, refuges, preserves and water used for propagation
- § 29.1-554.1. Impeding lawful fishing in inland waters; penalty
- § 29.1-555. Reserved
- § 29.1-556. Unlawful devices to be destroyed
- § 29.1-556.1. Release of certain balloons prohibited; civil penalty; community service
- § 29.1-557. Confiscation of wild birds and animals under certain circumstances; disposition
- § 29.1-558. Reserved
- § 29.1-561. Self-incrimination
- § 29.1-562. Reserved
Article 6. Endangered Species
- § 29.1-563. Definitions
- § 29.1-564. Taking, transportation, sale, etc., of endangered species prohibited
- § 29.1-565. Reserved
- § 29.1-566. Regulations
- § 29.1-567. Penalties; authority of conservation police officers and police officers; disposition of property seized
- § 29.1-568. When Board may permit taking of endangered or threatened species; designated experimental populations
- § 29.1-569. Keeping of reptiles generally; penalty
- § 29.1-570. Cooperation of state agencies
Article 7. Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species Act
- § 29.1-571. Definition
- § 29.1-572. Authority of Board; regulations
- § 29.1-573. Department; powers
- § 29.1-574. Prohibitions
- § 29.1-575. Permits
- § 29.1-576. Authority for inspection; warrants
- § 29.1-576.1. Zebra mussels; education program
- § 29.1-577. Penalties
Article 8. Wildlife Corridors
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