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A fee of fifty cents per acre for the first 300 acres and two dollars for each additional acre shall be collected for each license issued for other preserves. In no instance shall the license fee for a private preserve be less than fifty dollars. All license fees collected under this section shall be credited to the game protection fund. All such licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year.B\n\nFees collected from such preserves shall only be used to administer this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":302233,"text":"The Director shall issue licenses for all shooting preserves when such preserves meet the requirements established pursuant to regulations. Commercially operated preserves initially licensed on and after July 1, 1994 shall meet local zoning and land use requirements. A fee of fifty dollars shall be collected for each such license issued to any preserve open to the public. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 102; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1989, chapter 424; in 1994, chapter 753<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65008,"section_number":"29.1-109","catch_line":"Department of Wildlife Resources; Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-109\/"},{"id":58067,"section_number":"29.1-304","catch_line":"Nonresident license to hunt within shooting preserves and foxhound training preserves","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-304\/"},{"id":57989,"section_number":"29.1-514","catch_line":"Nonmigratory game birds","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-514\/"},{"id":67255,"section_number":"3.2-6041","catch_line":"Exemption from article","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6041\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193397,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84314,"identifier":"29.1-600","token":"29.1\/6\/29.1-600","url":"\/29.1-600\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-600\/","token":"29.1\/6\/29.1-600","dublin_core":{"Title":"Licenses for shooting preserves","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-600","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Director<\/span> shall issue<\/span> licenses for all shooting preserves when such preserves meet the requirements established pursuant to regulations<\/span>. Commercially operated preserves initially licensed on and after July 1, 1994 shall meet local zoning and land use requirements. A fee of fifty dollars shall be collected for each such license issued to any preserve open to the public. A fee of fifty cents per acre for the first 300 acres and two dollars for each additional acre shall be collected for each license issued for other preserves. In no instance shall the license fee for a private preserve be less than fifty dollars. All license fees collected under this section shall be credited to the game<\/span> protection fund. All such licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Fees collected from such preserves shall only be used to administer this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSES FOR SHOOTING PRESERVES (\u00a7 29.1-600)\n\nA. The Director shall issue licenses for all shooting preserves when such\npreserves meet the requirements established pursuant to regulations.\nCommercially operated preserves initially licensed on and after July 1, 1994\nshall meet local zoning and land use requirements. A fee of fifty dollars shall\nbe collected for each such license issued to any preserve open to the public. A\nfee of fifty cents per acre for the first 300 acres and two dollars for each\nadditional acre shall be collected for each license issued for other preserves.\nIn no instance shall the license fee for a private preserve be less than fifty\ndollars. All license fees collected under this section shall be credited to the\ngame protection fund. All such licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year.\n\nB. Fees collected from such preserves shall only be used to administer this\nchapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-38; 1974, c. 102; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c. 424; 1994, c.\n753.","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}}