Wildlife and Fish Laws

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Section
29.1-500

Reserved

Section
29.1-501

Promulgation of regulations; publication of proposed regulations or change therein; validation; evidentiary nature of publication

Section
29.1-502

Adoption of regulations

Section
29.1-503

Repealed

Section
29.1-504

Annual publication of laws and regulations

Section
29.1-505

Penalty for violation of regulations

Section
29.1-505.1

Conspiracy; penalty

Section
29.1-506

Prescribing seasons and bag limits for taking fish and game

Section
29.1-507

Closing or shortening open season

Section
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

Section
29.1-508.1

Use of drugs on vertebrate wildlife

Section
29.1-509

Duty of care and liability for damages of landowners to hunters, fishermen, sightseers, etc.

Section
29.1-510

Big game; small game

Section
29.1-511

Open season on nuisance species

Section
29.1-512

Closed season on other species

Section
29.1-513

Daily and season bag limits as promulgated by Board regulations

Section
29.1-514

Nonmigratory game birds

Section
29.1-515

Migratory game birds

Section
29.1-516

Game animals

Section
29.1-516.1

Using tracking dogs to retrieve bear, deer, or turkey

Section
29.1-517

Trapping and shooting of fur-bearing animals during closed season

Section
29.1-518

When killing of beaver permitted

Section
29.1-519

Guns, pistols, revolvers, etc., which may be used; penalty

Section
29.1-520

Times for hunting

Section
29.1-521

Unlawful to hunt, trap, possess, sell, or transport wild birds and wild animals except as permitted; exception; penalty

Section
29.1-521.1

Willfully impeding hunting or trapping; penalty

Section
29.1-521.2

Violation of § 18.2-286 while hunting; revocation of license and privileges

Section
29.1-521.3

Shooting wild birds and wild animals from stationary vehicles by disabled persons

Section
29.1-522

Unlawful to kill male deer unless antlers visible above hair

Section
29.1-523

Killing deer by use of certain lights; acts raising presumption of attempt to kill

Section
29.1-523.1

Hunting deer with sights after dark; forfeiture of weapon and sighting device

Section
29.1-524

Forfeiture of vehicles and weapons used for killing or attempt to kill

Section
29.1-525

Employment of lights under certain circumstances upon places used by deer

Section
29.1-525.1

Deer enclosures prohibited; exceptions; penalty

Section
29.1-525.2

Fox and coyote enclosures prohibited; penalty

Section
29.1-526

Counties and cities may prohibit hunting or trapping near primary and secondary highways

Section
29.1-527

Counties, cities or towns may prohibit hunting near public schools and county, city, town or regional parks

Section
29.1-527.1

Localities may prohibit feeding of migratory and nonmigratory waterfowl

Section
29.1-527.2

Localities may prohibit feeding of deer

Section
29.1-528

Board to develop model ordinances for hunting with firearms; counties or cities may adopt

Section
29.1-528.1

Board to develop model ordinances for hunting with bow and arrow; counties or cities may adopt

Section
29.1-528.2

Local tree stand ordinance; disabled hunter exempt

Section
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

Section
29.1-530

Open and closed season for trapping, bag limits, etc.

Section
29.1-530.1

Solid blaze orange or solid blaze pink clothing required at certain times

Section
29.1-530.2

Unlawfully killing bear; penalty

Section
29.1-530.3

Remote hunting prohibited; penalty

Section
29.1-530.4

Duty of certain entities to report hunting incidents

Section
29.1-530.5

Wildlife Violator Compact

Section
29.1-531

Unlawful to take or attempt to take, possess, sell or transport fish except as permitted

Section
29.1-532

Dams and fishways

Section
29.1-533

Prohibition against use of substances injurious to fish

Section
29.1-534

Right to fish in interjurisdictional inland waters

Section
29.1-535

Reciprocal agreement as to fishing in such waters

Section
29.1-536

Sale

Section
29.1-537

Possession

Section
29.1-538

Reserved

Section
29.1-539

Keeping deer or bear struck by motor vehicle; procedure to be followed by driver

Section
29.1-540

Carriage and shipment

Section
29.1-541

Storage

Section
29.1-542

Importation

Section
29.1-543

Game and fish taken and packaged outside the Commonwealth

Section
29.1-543.1

Introduction, stocking, and release of blue catfish; penalty

Section
29.1-544

Dressing, packing and selling bobwhite quail

Section
29.1-545

Possession, sale, offering for sale or liberation of live nutria

Section
29.1-546

General penalty

Section
29.1-547

Trapping, selling, purchasing, etc., migratory game birds

Section
29.1-548

Killing deer illegally

Section
29.1-549

Hunting deer from watercraft

Section
29.1-550

Taking game or fish during closed season or exceeding bag limit

Section
29.1-551

Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken

Section
29.1-552

Killing wild turkey during closed season

Section
29.1-553

Selling or offering for sale; penalty

Section
29.1-553.1

Penalty for wanton waste

Section
29.1-554

Violation of sanctuaries, refuges, preserves and water used for propagation

Section
29.1-554.1

Impeding lawful fishing in inland waters; penalty

Section
29.1-555

Reserved

Section
29.1-556

Unlawful devices to be destroyed

Section
29.1-556.1

Release of certain balloons prohibited; civil penalty; community service

Section
29.1-557

Confiscation of wild birds and animals under certain circumstances; disposition

Section
29.1-558

Reserved

Section
29.1-561

Self-incrimination

Section
29.1-562

Reserved

Section
29.1-563

Definitions

Section
29.1-564

Taking, transportation, sale, etc., of endangered species prohibited

Section
29.1-565

Reserved

Section
29.1-566

Regulations

Section
29.1-567

Penalties; authority of conservation police officers and police officers; disposition of property seized

Section
29.1-568

When Board may permit taking of endangered or threatened species; designated experimental populations

Section
29.1-569

Keeping of reptiles generally; penalty

Section
29.1-570

Cooperation of state agencies

Section
29.1-571

Definition

Section
29.1-572

Authority of Board; regulations

Section
29.1-573

Department; powers

Section
29.1-574

Prohibitions

Section
29.1-575

Permits

Section
29.1-576

Authority for inspection; warrants

Section
29.1-576.1

Zebra mussels; education program

Section
29.1-577

Penalties

Section
29.1-578

Definitions

Section
29.1-579

Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; adoption