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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62126</law_id><section_number>29.1-113</section_number><catch_line>Admittance, parking, and use at certain Department-owned facilities or Department-leased land; civil penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Administration of Wildlife Resources</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Department of Wildlife Resources</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No person shall make use of, gain admittance to, or attempt to use or gain admittance to certain <span class="dictionary">Department</span>-owned facilities where the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> charges a fee established by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of the Board" href="/29.1-103/">29.1-103</a>, unless the person pays such fee. However, such fee shall not apply to (i) any person holding a valid hunting, trapping, or <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> permit or current certificate of boat registration issued by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>; (ii) any person 16 years of age or younger; or (iii) the use of <span class="dictionary">Department</span>-owned boat ramps. <a id="paragraph-226653" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-113/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No person shall hunt on private lands managed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> through a lease agreement or other similar <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span> of agreement where the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> <span class="dictionary">issues</span> an annual hunting stamp without having purchased a valid annual hunting stamp. <a id="paragraph-226654" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-113/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any person violating subsection A or B may, in lieu of any criminal <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, be assessed a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of up to $50 by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. Civil penalties assessed under this section shall be paid into the <span class="dictionary">Game</span> Protection Fund established pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Game Protection Fund" href="/29.1-101/">29.1-101</a>. <a id="paragraph-226655" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-113/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> No owner or driver shall cause or permit a vehicle to stand: <a id="paragraph-226656" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-113/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> On property owned or managed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> outside of a designated parking space, except for a reasonable time in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to receive or discharge passengers or in the case of an emergency; <a id="paragraph-226657" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-113/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> In any designated parking space on property owned or managed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in violation of any posted rule regarding use of the space; or <a id="paragraph-226658" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-113/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> In any space on property owned or managed by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> designated for use by persons with disabilities unless the vehicle displays a license plate or decal issued by the Commissioner of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Motor Vehicles, or a similar identification issued by a similar authority of another state or the District of Columbia, that authorizes parking in such a designated space. Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Violation of sanctuaries, refuges, preserves and water used for propagation" href="/29.1-554/">29.1-554</a>, any <span class="dictionary">regulation</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, or any other trespass provision in the Code of Virginia, no person violating this subsection shall be subject to a criminal <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>. Any person violating this subsection may, in lieu of any criminal <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, be assessed a civil <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of $25, which shall be paid into the <span class="dictionary">Game</span> Protection Fund. <a id="paragraph-226659" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-113/#D3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 562; 2004, c. 280; 2011, c. 768; 2020, c. 321; 2022, cc. 33, 34.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
