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This law was first created in 1952. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 484 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1964, chapter 74; in 1970, chapter 194; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1991, chapter 200; in 2011, chapters 93<\/a> and 179<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66585,"section_number":"29.1-535","catch_line":"Reciprocal agreement as to fishing in such waters","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-535\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193189,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80020,"identifier":"29.1-534","token":"29.1\/5\/3\/29.1-534","url":"\/29.1-534\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-534\/","token":"29.1\/5\/3\/29.1-534","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right to fish in interjurisdictional inland waters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-534","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A Virginia resident or a resident of an adjoining jurisdiction<\/span> which has inland water lying adjacent to Virginia land or water may take fish with hook and line after complying with the requirements of the laws<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> where the fishing<\/span> occurs. For purposes of this section and \u00a7 29.1-535<\/a>, the term “jurisdiction<\/span>” shall include the District of Columbia.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT TO FISH IN INTERJURISDICTIONAL INLAND WATERS (\u00a7 29.1-534)\n\nA Virginia resident or a resident of an adjoining jurisdiction which has inland\nwater lying adjacent to Virginia land or water may take fish with hook and line\nafter complying with the requirements of the laws of the jurisdiction where the\nfishing occurs. For purposes of this section and \u00a7 29.1-535, the term\n“jurisdiction” shall include the District of Columbia.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 484, \u00a7 29-153.1; 1964, c. 74; 1970, c. 194; 1987, c. 488;\n1991, c. 200; 2011, cc. 93, 179.","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}}