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This law was first created in 1972. 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 3 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; in 1989, chapter 553.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60369,"section_number":"29.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-100\/"},{"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":false,"permalink":{"id":193331,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72510,"identifier":"29.1-566","token":"29.1\/5\/6\/29.1-566","url":"\/29.1-566\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-566\/","token":"29.1\/5\/6\/29.1-566","dublin_core":{"Title":"Regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-566","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> is authorized to adopt the federal list, as well as modifications and amendments thereto by regulations<\/span>; to declare by regulation<\/span>, after consideration of recommendations from the Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Conservation and Recreation and from other reliable data sources, that species not appearing on the federal lists are endangered or threatened species<\/span> in Virginia; and to prohibit by regulation<\/span> the taking, transportation<\/span>, processing, sale, or offer for sale within the Commonwealth of any threatened or endangered species<\/span> of fish or wildlife<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGULATIONS (\u00a7 29.1-566)\n\nThe Board is authorized to adopt the federal list, as well as modifications and\namendments thereto by regulations; to declare by regulation, after consideration\nof recommendations from the Director of the Department of Conservation and\nRecreation and from other reliable data sources, that species not appearing on\nthe federal lists are endangered or threatened species in Virginia; and to\nprohibit by regulation the taking, transportation, processing, sale, or offer\nfor sale within the Commonwealth of any threatened or endangered species of fish\nor wildlife.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 329, \u00a7\u00a7 29-233, 29-234; 1977, c. 377; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c.\n553.","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}}