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This law was first created in 2018. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 836<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72212,"section_number":"29.1-302","catch_line":"Special license for certain resident disabled veterans","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-302\/"},{"id":78750,"section_number":"29.1-302.02","catch_line":"Special resident and nonresident hunting and fishing licenses for partially disabled veterans","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-302.02\/"},{"id":60665,"section_number":"29.1-302.03","catch_line":"Special licenses for certain nonresident disabled veterans","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-302.03\/"},{"id":69598,"section_number":"29.1-302.1","catch_line":"Special lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for residents and nonresidents","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-302.1\/"},{"id":60432,"section_number":"58.1-3217","catch_line":"Permanently and totally disabled defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3217\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193141,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65161,"identifier":"29.1-528.2","token":"29.1\/5\/2\/29.1-528.2","url":"\/29.1-528.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-528.2\/","token":"29.1\/5\/2\/29.1-528.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local tree stand ordinance; disabled hunter exempt","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-528.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

While hunting during any established open hunting season and in accordance with other laws<\/span> and regulations<\/span>, a hunter shall be exempt from any local ordinance<\/span> requiring hunting from an elevated platform or tree stand if he (i) possesses a valid hunting license and is permanently disabled, as defined in \u00a7 58.1-3217<\/a> and as attested to by a licensed physician on a form provided by the Department<\/span> and carried on the hunter’s person while hunting, or (ii) holds a lifetime disabled or disabled veterans license under \u00a7 29.1-302<\/a>, 29.1-302.02<\/a>, or 29.1-302.03<\/a> or subsection C of \u00a7 29.1-302.1<\/a>.\n\t\tThe exemption provided by this section shall apply only to a hunter whose permanent disability, as attested to by a licensed physician pursuant to the provisions of this section or as accepted by the Director<\/span> pursuant to the provisions of subsection C of \u00a7 29.1-302.1<\/a>, is based on a physical impairment or deformity.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL TREE STAND ORDINANCE; DISABLED HUNTER EXEMPT (\u00a7 29.1-528.2)\n\nWhile hunting during any established open hunting season and in accordance with\nother laws and regulations, a hunter shall be exempt from any local ordinance\nrequiring hunting from an elevated platform or tree stand if he (i) possesses a\nvalid hunting license and is permanently disabled, as defined in \u00a7 58.1-3217\nand as attested to by a licensed physician on a form provided by the Department\nand carried on the hunter’s person while hunting, or (ii) holds a lifetime\ndisabled or disabled veterans license under \u00a7 29.1-302, 29.1-302.02, or\n29.1-302.03 or subsection C of \u00a7 29.1-302.1.\n\t\tThe exemption provided by this section shall apply only to a hunter whose\npermanent disability, as attested to by a licensed physician pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section or as accepted by the Director pursuant to the\nprovisions of subsection C of \u00a7 29.1-302.1, is based on a physical impairment\nor deformity.\n\nHISTORY: 2018, c. 836.","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}}