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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":[{"id":69625,"section_number":"2.2-4002","catch_line":"Exemptions from chapter generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4002\/"},{"id":65008,"section_number":"29.1-109","catch_line":"Department of Wildlife Resources; Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-109\/"},{"id":58067,"section_number":"29.1-304","catch_line":"Nonresident license to hunt within shooting preserves and foxhound training preserves","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-304\/"},{"id":60120,"section_number":"29.1-536","catch_line":"Sale","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-536\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":65855,"section_number":"29.1-401","catch_line":"Exemptions as to fur permits","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-401\/"}],"permalink":{"id":192867,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77906,"identifier":"29.1-400","token":"29.1\/4\/1\/29.1-400","url":"\/29.1-400\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-400\/","token":"29.1\/4\/1\/29.1-400","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful to deal in furs without a permit","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-400","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful to buy, sell, barter, exchange, traffic or trade in, bargain for, solicit for purchase, or possess the hides, furs or pelts of wild animals, or otherwise deal in fur as a business, without having first obtained a permit, subject to the exemptions in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Exemptions as to fur permits\" href=\"\/29.1-401\/\">29.1-401<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL TO DEAL IN FURS WITHOUT A PERMIT (\u00a7 29.1-400)\n\nIt shall be unlawful to buy, sell, barter, exchange, traffic or trade in,\nbargain for, solicit for purchase, or possess the hides, furs or pelts of wild\nanimals, or otherwise deal in fur as a business, without having first obtained a\npermit, subject to the exemptions in \u00a7 29.1-401.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-93; 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}}