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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 3 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 1987, chapter 488; in 1989, chapter 421; in 2003, chapter 137<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79016,"section_number":"29.1-327","catch_line":"Agents for sale of licenses and permits; sales by telephone and electronic media","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-327\/"}],"permalink":{"id":192843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66668,"identifier":"29.1-354","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-354","url":"\/29.1-354\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-354\/","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-354","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stamps required; issuance; fee; affixing stamps; cancellation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-354","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt bear, deer or elk in any locality adopting a damage stamp ordinance<\/span> within the Commonwealth without having first obtained the special stamp. A violation of this provision shall be punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tThe annual fee for such a stamp shall be $1. The local governing body may prescribe any fee, not to exceed $5 for these special stamps, when issued to nonresidents of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe special stamps shall be obtained from a locally designated official or from any agent designated by the Board<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 29.1-327<\/a>. The agent shall be paid a fee of $.10 from the special fund for each stamp issued.\n\t\tThe stamp shall be affixed to the reverse<\/span> side of a current hunting license of each person required to obtain the stamp, and that person shall cancel the stamp with his initials.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTAMPS REQUIRED; ISSUANCE; FEE; AFFIXING STAMPS; CANCELLATION (\u00a7 29.1-354)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to hunt bear, deer or elk in any locality\nadopting a damage stamp ordinance within the Commonwealth without having first\nobtained the special stamp. A violation of this provision shall be punishable as\na Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\t\tThe annual fee for such a stamp shall be $1. The local governing body may\nprescribe any fee, not to exceed $5 for these special stamps, when issued to\nnonresidents of the Commonwealth.\n\t\tThe special stamps shall be obtained from a locally designated official or\nfrom any agent designated by the Board pursuant to \u00a7 29.1-327. The agent shall\nbe paid a fee of $.10 from the special fund for each stamp issued.\n\t\tThe stamp shall be affixed to the reverse side of a current hunting license of\neach person required to obtain the stamp, and that person shall cancel the stamp\nwith his initials.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 16, \u00a7 29-92.3; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c. 421; 2003, c. 137.","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}}