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1994 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 29.1-521 and 29.1-536 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 29.1-521. Unlawful to hunt, trap, possess, sell or transport wild birds and wild animals except as permitted; penalty.
A. The following shall be unlawful:
1. To hunt or kill any wild bird or wild animal, including any nuisance species, with a gun, firearm or other weapon on Sunday, which is hereby declared a rest day for all species of wild bird and wild animal life, except raccoons, which may be hunted until 2:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings.
2. To destroy or molest the nest, eggs, dens or young of any wild bird or wild animal, except nuisance species, at any time without a permit as required by law.
3. To hunt or attempt to kill or trap any species of wild bird or wild animal after having obtained the daily bag or season limit during such day or season.
4. To occupy any baited blind or other baited place for the purpose of taking or attempting to take any wild bird or wild animal or to put out bait or salt for any wild bird or wild animal for the purpose of taking or killing them. However, this shall not apply to baiting nuisance species of animals and birds, or to baiting traps for the purpose of taking fur-bearing animals that may be lawfully trapped.
5. To kill or capture any wild bird or wild animal adjacent to any area while a field or forest fire is in progress.
6. To shoot or attempt to take any wild bird or wild animal from an automobile or other vehicle.
7. To set a trap of any kind on the lands or waters of another without attaching to the trap the name and address of the trapper.
8. To set a trap where it would be likely to injure persons, dogs, stock or fowl.
9. To fail to visit all traps once each day and remove all animals caught, and immediately report to the landowner as to stock, dogs or fowl which are caught and the date.
10. To hunt, trap, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture or kill,
possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to purchase, purchase, deliver
for transportation, transport, cause to be transported, by any means
whatever, receive for transportation or export, or import, at any time or in
any manner, any wild bird or wild animal or the carcass or any part thereof,
except as specifically permitted by law and only by the manner or means and
within the numbers stated. However, the provisions of this section shall not
be construed to prohibit the use or transportation of legally taken turkey
carcasses, or portions thereof, for the purposes of making or selling turkey
callers.
11. To offer for sale, sell, offer to purchase, or purchase, at any time or in any manner, any wild bird or wild animal or the carcass or any part thereof, except as specifically permitted by law. A violation of this subdivision shall be punishable as provided in § 29.1-553.
B. A violation of subdivisions 1 through 10 of subsection A of this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.
§ 29.1-536. Sale.
When taken in accordance with the provisions of law or regulation,
bear, 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 accordance with §§ 29.1-400
through 29.1-407. On and after July 1, 1999, bear taken in accordance
with the provisions of law or regulation may be bought and sold during the
open hunting season only.