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Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a trespass, and the affected blind licensee may maintain an action for damages. Furthermore, the trial court shall immediately revoke the blind owner’s license for the stationary blind where the offense was committed. The blind owner may be eligible for a license in the following open season upon the same conditions that would apply to a new applicant. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 305; in 1956, chapter 318; in 1987, chapter 488; in 2004, chapter 422<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 87<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 745<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 415<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74695,"section_number":"29.1-344.1","catch_line":"Stationary duck blind license; riparian landowners exempted","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-344.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192813,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54739,"identifier":"29.1-349","token":"29.1\/3\/2\/29.1-349","url":"\/29.1-349\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-349\/","token":"29.1\/3\/2\/29.1-349","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hunting, erecting blind within 500 yards of licensed blind","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-349","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person shall hunt or shoot migratory waterfowl in the public waters of this Commonwealth from a boat, float, raft or other buoyant craft or device within 500 yards of any legally licensed erected stationary blind of another without the consent of the licensee, or within 150 yards of a residence without the consent of the landowner, except when in active pursuit of a visibly crippled waterfowl that was legally shot by the person. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person shall erect a stationary blind in the public waters within 500 yards of any other licensed blind without the consent of the licensee. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a trespass, and the affected blind licensee may maintain an action for damages<\/span>. Furthermore, the trial<\/span> court<\/span> shall immediately revoke the blind owner’s license for the stationary blind where the offense<\/span> was committed. The blind owner may be eligible for a license in the following open season<\/span> upon the same conditions that would apply to a new applicant. When a license for a stationary blind has been revoked, the blind shall be destroyed by the former licensee. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHUNTING, ERECTING BLIND WITHIN 500 YARDS OF LICENSED BLIND (\u00a7 29.1-349)\n\nA. No person shall hunt or shoot migratory waterfowl in the public waters of\nthis Commonwealth from a boat, float, raft or other buoyant craft or device\nwithin 500 yards of any legally licensed erected stationary blind of another\nwithout the consent of the licensee, or within 150 yards of a residence without\nthe consent of the landowner, except when in active pursuit of a visibly\ncrippled waterfowl that was legally shot by the person.\n\nB. No person shall erect a stationary blind in the public waters within 500\nyards of any other licensed blind without the consent of the licensee. Any\nperson who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a trespass, and the\naffected blind licensee may maintain an action for damages. Furthermore, the\ntrial court shall immediately revoke the blind owner’s license for the\nstationary blind where the offense was committed. The blind owner may be\neligible for a license in the following open season upon the same conditions\nthat would apply to a new applicant. When a license for a stationary blind has\nbeen revoked, the blind shall be destroyed by the former licensee.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-90; 1954, c. 305; 1956, c. 318; 1987, c. 488; 2004, c.\n422; 2007, c. 87; 2013, c. 745; 2020, c. 415.","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}}