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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 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 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192855,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79342,"identifier":"29.1-357","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-357","url":"\/29.1-357\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-357\/","token":"29.1\/3\/3\/29.1-357","dublin_core":{"Title":"Civil action required","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-357","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In any instance in which compensable damage is alleged to have been caused by an individual hunter whose whereabouts are known and when it is reasonable and practicable to do so, the claimant shall first proceed against such hunter in a <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span> before any payment is made pursuant to the provisions of this article.\n\t\tUpon payment of any claim pursuant to the provisions of this article, the county shall be subrogated to the rights of the claimant against such individual hunter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCIVIL ACTION REQUIRED (\u00a7 29.1-357)\n\nIn any instance in which compensable damage is alleged to have been caused by an\nindividual hunter whose whereabouts are known and when it is reasonable and\npracticable to do so, the claimant shall first proceed against such hunter in a\ncivil action before any payment is made pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle.\n\t\tUpon payment of any claim pursuant to the provisions of this article, the\ncounty shall be subrogated to the rights of the claimant against such individual\nhunter.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 16, \u00a7 29-92.6; 1987, c. 488.","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}}