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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74695</law_id><section_number>29.1-344.1</section_number><catch_line>Stationary duck blind license; riparian landowners exempted</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="2">Licenses for Waterfowl Blinds and for Hunting Waterfowl</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Hunting waterfowl from unlicensed blinds and without season license" href="/29.1-340/">29.1-340</a>, the owners of riparian rights or their invitees shall not be required to obtain a stationary blind license when hunting waterfowl from such a blind located on the riparian owner&#x2019;s property. However, a stationary blind license shall be required in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to afford the riparian owners the protections provided by &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Stationary blinds on shore and in the public waters for owners of riparian rights" href="/29.1-344/">29.1-344</a>, <a class="law" title="Stationary blinds in the public waters for nonriparian owners" href="/29.1-345/">29.1-345</a>, and <a class="law" title="Hunting, erecting blind within 500 yards of licensed blind" href="/29.1-349/">29.1-349</a>.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 237; 1993, c. 209.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
