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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 173 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 1960 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1987, chapter 488; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0848\">848<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60369,"section_number":"29.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-100\/"},{"id":77599,"section_number":"29.1-546","catch_line":"General penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-546\/"},{"id":81525,"section_number":"29.1-553","catch_line":"Selling or offering for sale; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-553\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193249,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69204,"identifier":"29.1-547","token":"29.1\/5\/5\/29.1-547","url":"\/29.1-547\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-547\/","token":"29.1\/5\/5\/29.1-547","dublin_core":{"Title":"Trapping, selling, purchasing, etc., migratory game birds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-547","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"General penalty\" href=\"\/29.1-546\/\">29.1-546<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Selling or offering for sale; penalty\" href=\"\/29.1-553\/\">29.1-553<\/a>, any person convicted of trapping or attempting to trap any migratory <span class=\"dictionary\">game<\/span> bird, as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/29.1-100\/\">29.1-100<\/a>, or convicted of possessing any such migratory <span class=\"dictionary\">game<\/span> bird taken by means of a trap, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. Any person convicted of offering for sale, selling, offering to purchase, or purchasing any migratory <span class=\"dictionary\">game<\/span> bird shall be subject to penalties as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Selling or offering for sale; penalty\" href=\"\/29.1-553\/\">29.1-553<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRAPPING, SELLING, PURCHASING, ETC., MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS (\u00a7 29.1-547)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 29.1-546 and 29.1-553, any person\nconvicted of trapping or attempting to trap any migratory game bird, as defined\nin \u00a7 29.1-100, or convicted of possessing any such migratory game bird taken by\nmeans of a trap, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person convicted\nof offering for sale, selling, offering to purchase, or purchasing any migratory\ngame bird shall be subject to penalties as provided in \u00a7 29.1-553.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 173, \u00a7 29-161.1; 1987, c. 488; 1994, c. 848.","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}}