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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 309 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 1968 \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 1974, chapter 60; in 1977, chapter 377; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1988, chapter 19; in 2007, chapter 87<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71853,"section_number":"29.1-551","catch_line":"Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-551\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71853,"section_number":"29.1-551","catch_line":"Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-551\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70078,"identifier":"29.1-552","token":"29.1\/5\/5\/29.1-552","url":"\/29.1-552\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-552\/","token":"29.1\/5\/5\/29.1-552","dublin_core":{"Title":"Killing wild turkey during closed season","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-552","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who kills a wild turkey during the closed season<\/span>, or who kills a beardless turkey during an open hunting season prescribed by the Board<\/span> for bearded turkeys only, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span> for each such turkey killed. However, if a person kills a beardless turkey when only the hunting of bearded turkeys is permitted, and immediately delivers the complete carcass in good condition to a conservation police officer or game<\/span> checking station authorized by the Board<\/span>, it shall be confiscated and disposed of as otherwise provided, and the person delivering the carcass shall be exempt from replacement cost provided in \u00a7 29.1-551<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nKILLING WILD TURKEY DURING CLOSED SEASON (\u00a7 29.1-552)\n\nAny person who kills a wild turkey during the closed season, or who kills a\nbeardless turkey during an open hunting season prescribed by the Board for\nbearded turkeys only, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor for each such\nturkey killed. However, if a person kills a beardless turkey when only the\nhunting of bearded turkeys is permitted, and immediately delivers the complete\ncarcass in good condition to a conservation police officer or game checking\nstation authorized by the Board, it shall be confiscated and disposed of as\notherwise provided, and the person delivering the carcass shall be exempt from\nreplacement cost provided in \u00a7 29.1-551.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 309, \u00a7 29-163.2; 1974, c. 60; 1977, c. 377; 1987, c. 488;\n1988, c. 19; 2007, c. 87.","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}}