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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 492 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 1984 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1993, chapter 623.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62257,"section_number":"18.2-403.3","catch_line":"Offenses involving animals \u2014 Class 4 misdemeanors","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-403.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61787,"section_number":"29.1-521","catch_line":"Unlawful to hunt, trap, possess, sell, or transport wild birds and wild animals except as permitted; exception; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-521\/"}],"permalink":{"id":192963,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85099,"identifier":"29.1-422","token":"29.1\/4\/3\/29.1-422","url":"\/29.1-422\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-422\/","token":"29.1\/4\/3\/29.1-422","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permits for field trials","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-422","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> is authorized to grant permits to bona fide field trial<\/span> clubs and associations to hold field trials<\/span> with dogs under such regulations<\/span> it deems proper. The fee established by the Board<\/span> for a field trial<\/span> permit shall be an amount sufficient to defray the costs of processing the permit and administering the permitted activity, but shall not exceed twenty-five dollars per event. It shall be unlawful to hold such trials<\/span> without the permit herein authorized during the closed season<\/span> for game<\/span>. If wild game<\/span> is to be shot over or in front of dogs engaged in such field trials<\/span>, the person actually shooting must have a license permitting him to do so.\n\t\tCaptive birds of any species released and immediately shot or recovered during such trials<\/span> shall not be considered to be wild birds under this chapter or \u00a7 29.1-521<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMITS FOR FIELD TRIALS (\u00a7 29.1-422)\n\nThe Board is authorized to grant permits to bona fide field trial clubs and\nassociations to hold field trials with dogs under such regulations it deems\nproper. The fee established by the Board for a field trial permit shall be an\namount sufficient to defray the costs of processing the permit and administering\nthe permitted activity, but shall not exceed twenty-five dollars per event. It\nshall be unlawful to hold such trials without the permit herein authorized\nduring the closed season for game. If wild game is to be shot over or in front\nof dogs engaged in such field trials, the person actually shooting must have a\nlicense permitting him to do so.\n\t\tCaptive birds of any species released and immediately shot or recovered during\nsuch trials shall not be considered to be wild birds under this chapter or \u00a7\n29.1-521.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.96; 1987, c. 488; 1993, c. 623.","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}}