§ 29.1-546. General penalty
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this title shall, unless otherwise specified, be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and may also be prohibited by the court from hunting, trapping, or fishing in the Commonwealth for a period of one to five years. Code 1950, § 29-161; 1954, c. 694; 1962, […]
§ 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 deer or bear may, upon compliance with the provisions of this section, keep the deer or bear for his own use as if the animal had been killed by that person during hunting season for the animal. Any person so killing any deer or bear […]
§ 29.1-540. Carriage and shipment
A. When taken in accordance with the provisions of this title, wild birds, wild animals, or fish may be transported as follows: 1. By any person properly licensed, for lawful use in or out of the county or city where taken to another county or city in the Commonwealth or to another state during the […]
§ 29.1-541. Storage
It shall be unlawful for any person to store any wild birds, wild animals or fish if selling them is prohibited by law, except persons may store them in a bona fide domicile or in a licensed cold storage establishment. Any licensed cold storage establishment which receives any wild birds, wild animals or fish, where […]
§ 29.1-536. Sale
When taken in accordance with the provisions of law or regulation, muskrat, opossum, rabbits, raccoon and squirrels may be bought and sold during the open hunting season only, but the hides, furs or pelts of fur-bearing animals legally taken and possessed, and the carcass of any fur-bearing animal may be sold at any time in […]
§ 29.1-537. Possession
When taken in accordance with the provisions of this title, each species of wild bird, wild animal or fish may be possessed at any time. Code 1950, § 29-155; 1987, c. 488.
§ 29.1-532. Dams and fishways
Any dam or other object in a watercourse, which obstructs navigation or the passage of fish, shall be deemed a nuisance, unless it is used to work a mill, factory or other machine or engine useful to the public, and is allowed by law or order of court. Any person owning or having control of […]
§ 29.1-533. Prohibition against use of substances injurious to fish
It shall be unlawful to use any explosive for the destruction of fish, or knowingly cast any noxious substance or matter into any watercourse of the Commonwealth where fish or fish spawn may be destroyed, or to place or to allow to pass into the watercourses of the Commonwealth any sawdust, ashes, lime, gas, tar, […]
§ 29.1-534. Right to fish in interjurisdictional inland waters
A Virginia resident or a resident of an adjoining jurisdiction which has inland water lying adjacent to Virginia land or water may take fish with hook and line after complying with the requirements of the laws of the jurisdiction where the fishing occurs. For purposes of this section and § 29.1-535, the term “jurisdiction” shall […]