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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 16 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1983, chapter 198; in 1987, chapter 488; in 2003, chapter 137<\/a>; in 2004, chapters 87<\/a> and 463<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64316,"section_number":"29.1-301","catch_line":"Exemptions from license requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-301\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66320,"section_number":"3.2-4400","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4400\/"}],"permalink":{"id":192835,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64683,"identifier":"29.1-352","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-352","url":"\/29.1-352\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-352\/","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-352","dublin_core":{"Title":"Damage stamp program established; purpose; intent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-352","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby established a damage stamp program to provide for an available source of funds to be used to compensate damage to crops, fruit trees, commercially grown Christmas trees, nursery stock, livestock, colonies of bees, bee equipment and appliances, as defined in \u00a7 3.2-4400<\/a>, or farm equipment that is caused by deer, elk, or bear, or by big game<\/span> hunters. It is the intent<\/span> of the General Assembly that persons suffering loss or damage as the result of these activities should be realistically compensated for damages<\/span> that occurred to their property as the result of the activity. A local governing body shall encourage to the maximum extent possible the utilization of the damage stamp fund for payment of claims in keeping with the purposes of this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDAMAGE STAMP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED; PURPOSE; INTENT (\u00a7 29.1-352)\n\nThere is hereby established a damage stamp program to provide for an available\nsource of funds to be used to compensate damage to crops, fruit trees,\ncommercially grown Christmas trees, nursery stock, livestock, colonies of bees,\nbee equipment and appliances, as defined in \u00a7 3.2-4400, or farm equipment that\nis caused by deer, elk, or bear, or by big game hunters. It is the intent of the\nGeneral Assembly that persons suffering loss or damage as the result of these\nactivities should be realistically compensated for damages that occurred to\ntheir property as the result of the activity. A local governing body shall\nencourage to the maximum extent possible the utilization of the damage stamp\nfund for payment of claims in keeping with the purposes of this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 16, \u00a7 29-92.1; 1983, c. 198; 1987, c. 488; 2003, c. 137;\n2004, cc. 87, 463.","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}}