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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 329 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 1972 \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 1977, chapter 377; in 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60369,"section_number":"29.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-100\/"},{"id":76777,"section_number":"29.1-563","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-563\/"},{"id":84652,"section_number":"29.1-567","catch_line":"Penalties; authority of conservation police officers and police officers; disposition of property seized","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-567\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":80970,"section_number":"29.1-568","catch_line":"When Board may permit taking of endangered or threatened species; designated experimental populations","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-568\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193323,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56554,"identifier":"29.1-564","token":"29.1\/5\/6\/29.1-564","url":"\/29.1-564\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-564\/","token":"29.1\/5\/6\/29.1-564","dublin_core":{"Title":"Taking, transportation, sale, etc., of endangered species prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-564","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The taking, <span class=\"dictionary\">transportation<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span>, sale, or offer for sale within the Commonwealth of any <span class=\"dictionary\">fish or wildlife<\/span> appearing on any list of threatened or <span class=\"dictionary\">endangered species<\/span> published by the United States Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the provisions of the federal <span class=\"dictionary\">Endangered Species<\/span> Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-205), or any modifications or amendments thereto, is prohibited except as provided in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"When Board may permit taking of endangered or threatened species; designated experimental populations\" href=\"\/29.1-568\/\">29.1-568<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTAKING, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, ETC., OF ENDANGERED SPECIES PROHIBITED (\u00a7\n29.1-564)\n\nThe taking, transportation, possession, sale, or offer for sale within the\nCommonwealth of any fish or wildlife appearing on any list of threatened or\nendangered species published by the United States Secretary of the Interior\npursuant to the provisions of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (P.L.\n93-205), or any modifications or amendments thereto, is prohibited except as\nprovided in \u00a7 29.1-568.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 329, \u00a7 29-232; 1977, c. 377; 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}}