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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56116</law_id><section_number>29.1-305</section_number><catch_line>Special license for hunting bear, deer and turkey; authority of Board to create bear license</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>29.1-302.1</reference><reference>29.1-305.1</reference><reference>29.1-310.1</reference><reference>29.1-315.1</reference><reference>29.1-328</reference></referred_to_by><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="3">Licenses</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Licenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A special license is required for hunting bear, deer and turkey in this Commonwealth, which shall be in addition to the license required to hunt other <span class="dictionary">game</span>. The fee for the special license shall be $12 for a resident age 16 or older, $7.50 for a resident under the age of 16, and $60 for a nonresident 16 years of age or older, $15 for a nonresident 12 years of age to 15 years of age, and $12 for a nonresident younger than 12 years of age. <a id="paragraph-205659" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-305/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may create a separate special license for the hunting of bear in this Commonwealth. The fee for such a special license shall be $25 for residents and $150 for nonresidents. A person who obtains a special license for hunting bear shall also be required to obtain the state resident license or state nonresident license pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fees to hunt" href="/29.1-303/">29.1-303</a>. If a special license to hunt bear is established by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, the special license required in subsection A shall authorize the hunting of deer and turkey only.
			The license to hunt bear, deer and turkey or, if authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, the license to hunt bear may be obtained from the clerk or agent of any county or city whose duty it is to sell hunting licenses. <a id="paragraph-205660" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-305/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> may subsequently revise the cost of licenses set forth in this section pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Powers and duties of the Board" href="/29.1-103/">29.1-103</a>. <a id="paragraph-205661" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-305/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 29-122; 1958, c. 318; 1960, c. 568; 1966, c. 493; 1972, c. 509; 1974, c. 363; 1980, c. 494; 1987, c. 488; 1988, c. 250; 2001, c. 55; 2004, c. 269; 2009, c. 9.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
