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2022 SESSION
22103697DBe 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. Allowance of certain hunters to go on lands of another; carrying firearms or bows and arrows prohibited.
Fox hunters and coon raccoon
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 carry firearms or bows and arrows on their persons or hunt any
game while thereon. However, no person who
has been convicted of trespassing
pursuant to § 18.2-119 or trespassing to hunt,
fish, or trap on posted property pursuant to § 18.2-134 may go
on prohibited lands to retrieve their dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls without the
written permission of the
landowner or his agent. 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 (i) has been convicted of trespassing or
trespassing to hunt, fish, or trap on
posted property or (ii) willfully refuses to identify
himself when requested by the landowner or his agent to do so is guilty of a
Class 4 misdemeanor and shall have the allowance to
retrieve revoked for five years.