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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 [ on or after July
1, 2022, ] 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.