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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 237 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1993, chapter 209.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":59853,"section_number":"29.1-340","catch_line":"Hunting waterfowl from unlicensed blinds and without season license","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-340\/"},{"id":70124,"section_number":"29.1-344","catch_line":"Stationary blinds on shore and in the public waters for owners of riparian rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-344\/"},{"id":63506,"section_number":"29.1-345","catch_line":"Stationary blinds in the public waters for nonriparian owners","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-345\/"},{"id":54739,"section_number":"29.1-349","catch_line":"Hunting, erecting blind within 500 yards of licensed blind","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-349\/"}],"permalink":{"id":192781,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74695,"identifier":"29.1-344.1","token":"29.1\/3\/2\/29.1-344.1","url":"\/29.1-344.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-344.1\/","token":"29.1\/3\/2\/29.1-344.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stationary duck blind license; riparian landowners exempted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-344.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Hunting waterfowl from unlicensed blinds and without season license\" href=\"\/29.1-340\/\">29.1-340<\/a>, the owners of riparian rights or their invitees shall not be required to obtain a stationary blind license when hunting waterfowl from such a blind located on the riparian owner&#8217;s property. However, a stationary blind license shall be required in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to afford the riparian owners the protections provided by \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Stationary blinds on shore and in the public waters for owners of riparian rights\" href=\"\/29.1-344\/\">29.1-344<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Stationary blinds in the public waters for nonriparian owners\" href=\"\/29.1-345\/\">29.1-345<\/a>, and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Hunting, erecting blind within 500 yards of licensed blind\" href=\"\/29.1-349\/\">29.1-349<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATIONARY DUCK BLIND LICENSE; RIPARIAN LANDOWNERS EXEMPTED (\u00a7 29.1-344.1)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 29.1-340, the owners of riparian rights or\ntheir invitees shall not be required to obtain a stationary blind license when\nhunting waterfowl from such a blind located on the riparian owner&#8217;s\nproperty. However, a stationary blind license shall be required in order to\nafford the riparian owners the protections provided by \u00a7\u00a7 29.1-344, 29.1-345,\nand 29.1-349.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 237; 1993, c. 209.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}