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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59428</law_id><section_number>29.1-521.1</section_number><catch_line>Willfully impeding hunting or trapping; penalty</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="5">Wildlife and Fish Laws</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Hunting and Trapping</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It is unlawful to willfully and intentionally impede the lawful hunting or trapping of wild birds or wild animals. <a id="paragraph-217777" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-521.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> It is unlawful for any person or his agent to knowingly and intentionally facilitate or attempt to cause a violation of subdivision A 4 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Unlawful to hunt, trap, possess, sell, or transport wild birds and wild animals except as permitted; exception; penalty" href="/29.1-521/">29.1-521</a> by putting out bait or salt for any <span class="dictionary">wildlife</span> in any place used or occupied by hunters to hunt wild birds or wild animals. <a id="paragraph-217778" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-521.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-217779" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-521.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 584; 2010, c. 626.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
