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Application forms shall be provided by the Commissioner and shall be completed and returned with a fee of $10 made payable to the Treasurer of Virginia. Licenses shall expire on December 31 annually and there shall be no abatement in the annual fee. Licenses may be revoked at any time by the Commissioner for good cause.B\n\nThe buyer of any threatened species or part thereof shall maintain and keep records of all purchases for the preceding 12 months on forms prescribed by the Commissioner. Records shall be sent or otherwise provided to the Commissioner within 30 days following the expiration of the license. Records shall be made available to the Commissioner during normal business hours for examination or information.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":291336,"text":"It shall be unlawful for any person to buy any threatened species or part thereof, which is listed in this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder, without first obtaining a license to do so from the Commissioner. 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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":194045,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81290,"identifier":"3.2-1006","token":"3.2\/I\/10\/3.2-1006","url":"\/3.2-1006\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1006\/","token":"3.2\/I\/10\/3.2-1006","dublin_core":{"Title":"License required to buy threatened species; records of purchases","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1006","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for any person to buy any threatened species<\/span> or part thereof, which is listed in this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder, without first obtaining a license to do so from the Commissioner<\/span>. This section shall not apply to the purchase or sale of real property upon which such threatened species<\/span> or part thereof may be located. Application forms shall be provided by the Commissioner<\/span> and shall be completed and returned with a fee of $10 made payable to the Treasurer of Virginia. Licenses shall expire on December 31 annually and there shall be no abatement in the annual fee. Licenses may be revoked at any time by the Commissioner<\/span> for good cause. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The buyer of any threatened species<\/span> or part thereof shall maintain and keep records of all purchases for the preceding 12 months on forms prescribed by the Commissioner<\/span>. Records shall be sent or otherwise provided to the Commissioner<\/span> within 30 days following the expiration of the license. Records shall be made available to the Commissioner<\/span> during normal business hours for examination or information. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLICENSE REQUIRED TO BUY THREATENED SPECIES; RECORDS OF PURCHASES (\u00a7 3.2-1006)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for any person to buy any threatened species or part\nthereof, which is listed in this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder,\nwithout first obtaining a license to do so from the Commissioner. This section\nshall not apply to the purchase or sale of real property upon which such\nthreatened species or part thereof may be located. Application forms shall be\nprovided by the Commissioner and shall be completed and returned with a fee of\n$10 made payable to the Treasurer of Virginia. Licenses shall expire on December\n31 annually and there shall be no abatement in the annual fee. Licenses may be\nrevoked at any time by the Commissioner for good cause.\n\nB. The buyer of any threatened species or part thereof shall maintain and keep\nrecords of all purchases for the preceding 12 months on forms prescribed by the\nCommissioner. Records shall be sent or otherwise provided to the Commissioner\nwithin 30 days following the expiration of the license. Records shall be made\navailable to the Commissioner during normal business hours for examination or\ninformation.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 372, \u00a7 3.1-1026; 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}}