§ 29.1-518 When killing of beaver permitted
When beaver are damaging crops or lands, the owner of the premises, his agent or tenant, may kill the animals, or have them killed.
History
This law was first created in 1958. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 147 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1958 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1987, chapter 488; in 2004, chapter 421.
1958, c. 147, § 29-139.1; 1987, c. 488; 2004, c. 421.