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The ticket shall show the number of each kind of wild bird, wild animal or fish, the date upon which they are brought for storage and the name and address of the person storing them. Every such licensed cold storage establishment shall keep a record of all deliveries of game and fish so stored, the dates they are delivered, the number of each species delivered and the name of each person to whom any such delivery is made. Possession of any wild birds, wild animals or fish which are prohibited by law to be sold, in any place of business, except in a licensed cold storage establishment, shall be unlawful.\n\t\tAny person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section the terms “wild birds,” “wild animals” and “fish” shall mean all or any part of the carcasses of any such birds, animals or fish.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":250672,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any person to store any wild birds, wild animals or fish if selling them is prohibited by law, except persons may store them in a bona fide domicile or in a licensed cold storage establishment. Any licensed cold storage establishment which receives any wild birds, wild animals or fish, where selling them is prohibited by law, shall attach a ticket to each lot of wild birds, wild animals or fish. The ticket shall show the number of each kind of wild bird, wild animal or fish, the date upon which they are brought for storage and the name and address of the person storing them. Every such licensed cold storage establishment shall keep a record of all deliveries of game and fish so stored, the dates they are delivered, the number of each species delivered and the name of each person to whom any such delivery is made. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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":193219,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69300,"identifier":"29.1-541","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-541","url":"\/29.1-541\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-541\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-541","dublin_core":{"Title":"Storage","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-541","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person to store any wild birds, wild animals<\/span> or fish<\/span> if selling them is prohibited by law<\/span>, except persons may store them in a bona fide domicile or in a licensed cold storage establishment. Any licensed cold storage establishment which receives any wild birds, wild animals<\/span> or fish<\/span>, where selling them is prohibited by law<\/span>, shall attach a ticket to each lot of wild birds, wild animals<\/span> or fish<\/span>. The ticket shall show the number of each kind of wild bird, wild animal or fish<\/span>, the date upon which they are brought for storage and the name and address of the person storing them. Every such licensed cold storage establishment shall keep a record of all deliveries of game<\/span> and fish<\/span> so stored, the dates they are delivered, the number of each species delivered and the name of each person to whom any such delivery is made. Possession<\/span> of any wild birds, wild animals<\/span> or fish<\/span> which are prohibited by law<\/span> to be sold, in any place of business, except in a licensed cold storage establishment, shall be unlawful.\n\t\tAny person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section the terms “wild birds,” “wild animals<\/span>” and “fish<\/span>” shall mean all or any part of the carcasses of any such birds, animals or fish<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTORAGE (\u00a7 29.1-541)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to store any wild birds, wild animals or\nfish if selling them is prohibited by law, except persons may store them in a\nbona fide domicile or in a licensed cold storage establishment. Any licensed\ncold storage establishment which receives any wild birds, wild animals or fish,\nwhere selling them is prohibited by law, shall attach a ticket to each lot of\nwild birds, wild animals or fish. The ticket shall show the number of each kind\nof wild bird, wild animal or fish, the date upon which they are brought for\nstorage and the name and address of the person storing them. Every such licensed\ncold storage establishment shall keep a record of all deliveries of game and\nfish so stored, the dates they are delivered, the number of each species\ndelivered and the name of each person to whom any such delivery is made.\nPossession of any wild birds, wild animals or fish which are prohibited by law\nto be sold, in any place of business, except in a licensed cold storage\nestablishment, shall be unlawful.\n\t\tAny person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a\nClass 2 misdemeanor.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section the terms “wild birds,”\n“wild animals” and “fish” shall mean all or any part of\nthe carcasses of any such birds, animals or fish.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-157; 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}}