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2014 SESSION
14100446DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-136 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-136. Right of certain hunters to go on lands of another; carrying firearms or bows and arrows prohibited.
Fox hunters and coon hunters, when the chase begins on other lands,
may follow their dogs on prohibited lands, and
hunters of all other game, when the chase begins on other lands, may go upon prohibited lands to retrieve their dogs,
falcons, hawks, or owls but may not. However, no hunter
shall retrieve his dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls without first making a
good faith effort to obtain permission from the
landowner or a person occupying a residence on the property. No such hunter
shall carry firearms or bows and arrows on their persons person
or hunt any game while thereon. The use of vehicles to retrieve dogs, falcons,
hawks, or owls on prohibited lands shall be allowed only with the permission of
the landowner or his agent. Any person who goes on prohibited lands to retrieve his dogs,
falcons, hawks, or owls pursuant to this section and who willfully refuses to
identify himself when requested by the landowner or his agent to do so violates any provision of
this section is guilty of a
Class 4 misdemeanor.