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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86083</law_id><section_number>29.1-310.1</section_number><catch_line>Sportsman&amp;#8217;s hunting and fishing license established</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="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> Upon implementation of an automated point-of-sale licensing system, any resident individual may apply for and receive from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, after payment of the appropriate fee, a sportsman&#x2019;s hunting and <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> license. This license shall serve in lieu of any person having to obtain hunting or <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> licenses provided for under subdivision 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fees to hunt" href="/29.1-303/">29.1-303</a> and &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Special license for hunting bear, deer and turkey; authority of Board to create bear license" href="/29.1-305/">29.1-305</a>, <a class="law" title="Special archery license, slingbow license, and crossbow license" href="/29.1-306/">29.1-306</a>, and <a class="law" title="Special muzzleloading license" href="/29.1-307/">29.1-307</a>, and subdivisions A 2 and B 1 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fees to fish" href="/29.1-310/">29.1-310</a>. <a id="paragraph-308214" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-310.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Applications for the license authorized by this section shall be made to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. The license shall be valid for the seasons as established by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. The form and issuance of the license shall conform to the provisions of this chapter for all licenses. <a id="paragraph-308215" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-310.1/#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> shall establish the fee for this license, which shall not exceed the total cost of purchasing each license separately. <a id="paragraph-308216" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-310.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, c. 12; 2007, c. 40; 2014, c. 136.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
