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Such recognition shall be contingent upon a reciprocal recognition by the adjoining jurisdiction to a licensee of Virginia who is fishing in the same waters.2\n\nCreel limits, open seasons for fishing and all other laws and regulations of the jurisdiction entering into the agreement shall be strictly observed, and any person failing to comply with the regulations set up under the agreement shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and punished accordingly.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":241588,"text":"The Board shall have the necessary authority to enter into a reciprocal agreement with an adjoining jurisdiction having inland waters lying adjacent to Virginia land or water relating to the following:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":241589,"text":"A sport fishing license acquired in an adjoining jurisdiction shall be recognized when it is used by the person whose name appears on the face of such license, when such licensee is fishing in that portion of inland waters lying in either Virginia or the other jurisdiction or partly in each of the jurisdictions. 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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 1980, chapter 28; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1991, chapter 200.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57291,"section_number":"29.1-310","catch_line":"Fees to fish","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-310\/"},{"id":80020,"section_number":"29.1-534","catch_line":"Right to fish in interjurisdictional inland waters","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-534\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193193,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66585,"identifier":"29.1-535","token":"29.1\/5\/3\/29.1-535","url":"\/29.1-535\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-535\/","token":"29.1\/5\/3\/29.1-535","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reciprocal agreement as to fishing in such waters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-535","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> shall have the necessary authority to enter into a reciprocal agreement with an adjoining jurisdiction<\/span> having inland waters lying adjacent to Virginia land or water relating to the following:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> A sport fishing<\/span> license acquired in an adjoining jurisdiction<\/span> shall be recognized when it is used by the person whose name appears on the face of such license, when such licensee is fishing<\/span> in that portion of inland waters lying in either Virginia or the other jurisdiction<\/span> or partly in each of the jurisdictions<\/span>. Such recognition shall be contingent upon a reciprocal recognition by the adjoining jurisdiction<\/span> to a licensee of Virginia who is fishing<\/span> in the same waters. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Creel limits, open seasons<\/span> for fishing<\/span> and all other laws<\/span> and regulations<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> entering into the agreement shall be strictly observed, and any person failing to comply with the regulations<\/span> set up under the agreement shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span> and punished accordingly. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRECIPROCAL AGREEMENT AS TO FISHING IN SUCH WATERS (\u00a7 29.1-535)\n\nThe Board shall have the necessary authority to enter into a reciprocal\nagreement with an adjoining jurisdiction having inland waters lying adjacent to\nVirginia land or water relating to the following:\n\n1. A sport fishing license acquired in an adjoining jurisdiction shall be\nrecognized when it is used by the person whose name appears on the face of such\nlicense, when such licensee is fishing in that portion of inland waters lying in\neither Virginia or the other jurisdiction or partly in each of the\njurisdictions. Such recognition shall be contingent upon a reciprocal\nrecognition by the adjoining jurisdiction to a licensee of Virginia who is\nfishing in the same waters.\n\n2. Creel limits, open seasons for fishing and all other laws and regulations of\nthe jurisdiction entering into the agreement shall be strictly observed, and any\nperson failing to comply with the regulations set up under the agreement shall\nbe guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and punished accordingly.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 484, \u00a7 29-153.2; 1964, c. 74; 1970, c. 194; 1980, c. 28;\n1987, c. 488; 1991, c. 200.","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}}