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This law was first created in 1984. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 492 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 1984 \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 1987, chapter 488; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62257,"section_number":"18.2-403.3","catch_line":"Offenses involving animals \u2014 Class 4 misdemeanors","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-403.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":199011,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73177,"identifier":"3.2-6573","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/9\/3.2-6573","url":"\/3.2-6573\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6573\/","token":"3.2\/V\/65\/9\/3.2-6573","dublin_core":{"Title":"Shooting birds for amusement, and renting premises for such purposes; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6573","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Live pigeons or other birds or fowl shall not be kept or used for the purpose of a target, or to be shot at either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship. It is a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span> to shoot at a bird kept or used as aforesaid, or to be a party<\/span> to such shooting. Any person who lets any building, room, field or premises, or knowingly permits the use thereof for the purpose of such shooting is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tNothing contained herein shall apply to the shooting of wild game.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSHOOTING BIRDS FOR AMUSEMENT, AND RENTING PREMISES FOR SUCH PURPOSES; PENALTY\n(\u00a7 3.2-6573)\n\nLive pigeons or other birds or fowl shall not be kept or used for the purpose of\na target, or to be shot at either for amusement or as a test of skill in\nmarksmanship. It is a Class 4 misdemeanor to shoot at a bird kept or used as\naforesaid, or to be a party to such shooting. Any person who lets any building,\nroom, field or premises, or knowingly permits the use thereof for the purpose of\nsuch shooting is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\t\tNothing contained herein shall apply to the shooting of wild game.\n\nHISTORY: 1984, c. 492, \u00a7 29-213.94; 1987, c. 488, \u00a7 3.1-796.126; 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}}