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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63837</law_id><section_number>29.1-328</section_number><catch_line>Term of licenses and permits; multiple-year license</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> <span class="dictionary">Hunting and trapping</span> licenses and permits shall be valid for one year from their date of purchase or future effective date, as authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>, except those licenses issued pursuant to &#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>, which shall be valid from July 1 of each year or their later date of purchase, to June 30 of the following year, unless sooner revoked. <a id="paragraph-232558" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-328/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Fishing</span> licenses shall run and be valid for one year from their date of purchase or future effective date, as authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-232559" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-328/#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 authorize the sale of any annual license or permit issued under this title for a period exceeding the one-year term. Such a multiple-year license or permit shall be valid for the number of consecutive years stated on the permit or license. The fee for such a multiple-year license or permit shall not exceed the total amount that would be charged if the particular license or permit was purchased on an annual basis over the specified number of years. <a id="paragraph-232560" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-328/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The terms of licenses listed in subsections A, B, and C shall not apply to the lifetime hunting and <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> license established in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Special lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for residents and nonresidents" href="/29.1-302.1/">29.1-302.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-232561" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-328/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> National Forest Stamps, issued pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Permit required; exceptions" href="/29.1-408/">29.1-408</a>, shall be valid for one year from their date of purchase, unless sooner revoked. <a id="paragraph-232562" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-328/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 29-66; 1980, c. 494; 1987, cc. 95, 488; 1988, c. 161; 2001, c. 115; 2002, c. 175; 2007, c. 39; 2011, c. 819; 2014, c. 255.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
