Bill Text: VA HB2099 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Fur-bearing animals; landowner may trap, etc., upon his land during closed season if damaging.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0349) [HB2099 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2013-HB2099-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§29.1-517 and 29.1-530 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §29.1-517. Trapping and shooting of fur-bearing animals during closed season. A landowner may trap or shoot fur-bearing animals §29.1-530. Open and closed season for trapping, bag limits, etc. A. There shall be a continuous open season for trapping nuisance species and a continuous closed trapping season on all other species of wild birds and wild animals, except as provided by Board regulations. However, a landowner or his agent may trap and dispose of, except by sale, squirrels creating a nuisance on his property at any time in any area where the use of firearms for such purpose is prohibited by law or local ordinance. B. In addition, the following general rules shall be applicable to any person trapping in the Commonwealth: 1. The trapper shall be responsible for all damage done by an illegally set trap, and any person finding a trap set contrary to law may report it to the landowner upon whose land the trap is located or to any conservation police officer who may destroy or otherwise make the trap inoperable. 2.
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