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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 372 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":194033,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85072,"identifier":"3.2-1003","token":"3.2\/I\/10\/3.2-1003","url":"\/3.2-1003\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1003\/","token":"3.2\/I\/10\/3.2-1003","dublin_core":{"Title":"Threatened and endangered species; prohibitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1003","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any person to dig, take, cut, process, or otherwise collect, remove, transport, possess, sell, offer for sale, or give away any species<\/span> native to or occurring in the wild in the Commonwealth that are listed in this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder as threatened or endangered, other than from such person’s own land, except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may require any person possessing endangered species<\/span> or parts thereof to present such species or parts thereof for inspection and to give full information as to their origin and destination. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTHREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES; PROHIBITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-1003)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person to dig, take, cut, process, or otherwise\ncollect, remove, transport, possess, sell, offer for sale, or give away any\nspecies native to or occurring in the wild in the Commonwealth that are listed\nin this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder as threatened or\nendangered, other than from such person’s own land, except in accordance\nwith the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder.\n\nB. The Commissioner may require any person possessing endangered species or\nparts thereof to present such species or parts thereof for inspection and to\ngive full information as to their origin and destination.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 372, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-1023, 3.1-1024; 2008, c. 860.","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}}