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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66668</law_id><section_number>29.1-354</section_number><catch_line>Stamps required; issuance; fee; affixing stamps; cancellation</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="3">Stamps</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt bear, deer or elk in any locality adopting a damage stamp <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> within the Commonwealth without having first obtained the special stamp. A violation of this provision shall be punishable as a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.
		The annual fee for such a stamp shall be $1. The local governing body may prescribe any fee, not to exceed $5 for these special stamps, when issued to nonresidents of the Commonwealth.
		The special stamps shall be obtained from a locally designated official or from any agent designated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Agents for sale of licenses and permits; sales by telephone and electronic media" href="/29.1-327/">29.1-327</a>. The agent shall be paid a fee of $.10 from the special fund for each stamp issued.
		The stamp shall be affixed to the <span class="dictionary">reverse</span> side of a current hunting license of each person required to obtain the stamp, and that person shall cancel the stamp with his initials.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 16, &#xA7; 29-92.3; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c. 421; 2003, c. 137.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
