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The Board shall immediately give notice of any closing or shortening of an open season by publishing the announcement in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the county or city affected. The notice shall be published at least three days before the action becomes effective.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":220527,"text":"The Board may close or shorten the open season in any county or city (i) whenever extreme weather threatens the welfare of wild birds, wild animals or fish; (ii) whenever such wild birds, wild animals or fish have been seriously affected by adverse weather conditions; (iii) when investigation of the Board shows that there is an unusual scarcity of any species or; (iv) when there is substantial demand from any county or city. The Board shall immediately give notice of any closing or shortening of an open season by publishing the announcement in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the county or city affected. 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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193003,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60297,"identifier":"29.1-507","token":"29.1\/5\/1\/29.1-507","url":"\/29.1-507\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-507\/","token":"29.1\/5\/1\/29.1-507","dublin_core":{"Title":"Closing or shortening open season","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-507","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may close or shorten the <span class=\"dictionary\">open season<\/span> in any county or city (i) whenever extreme weather threatens the welfare of wild birds, wild animals or fish; (ii) whenever such wild birds, wild animals or fish have been seriously affected by adverse weather conditions; (iii) when investigation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shows that there is an unusual scarcity of any species or; (iv) when there is substantial demand from any county or city. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> shall immediately give notice of any closing or shortening of an <span class=\"dictionary\">open season<\/span> by publishing the announcement in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the county or city affected. The notice shall be published at least three days before the action becomes effective.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCLOSING OR SHORTENING OPEN SEASON (\u00a7 29.1-507)\n\nThe Board may close or shorten the open season in any county or city (i)\nwhenever extreme weather threatens the welfare of wild birds, wild animals or\nfish; (ii) whenever such wild birds, wild animals or fish have been seriously\naffected by adverse weather conditions; (iii) when investigation of the Board\nshows that there is an unusual scarcity of any species or; (iv) when there is\nsubstantial demand from any county or city. The Board shall immediately give\nnotice of any closing or shortening of an open season by publishing the\nannouncement in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the\ncounty or city affected. The notice shall be published at least three days\nbefore the action becomes effective.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-130; 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}}