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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69300</law_id><section_number>29.1-541</section_number><catch_line>Storage</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="4">Possession, Transportation, and Sale of Game and Fish</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to store any wild birds, <span class="dictionary">wild animals</span> or <span class="dictionary">fish</span> if selling them is prohibited by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, except persons may store them in a bona fide domicile or in a licensed cold storage establishment. Any licensed cold storage establishment which receives any wild birds, <span class="dictionary">wild animals</span> or <span class="dictionary">fish</span>, where selling them is prohibited by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, shall attach a ticket to each lot of wild birds, <span class="dictionary">wild animals</span> or <span class="dictionary">fish</span>. The ticket shall show the number of each kind of wild bird, wild animal or <span class="dictionary">fish</span>, the date upon which they are brought for storage and the name and address of the person storing them. Every such licensed cold storage establishment shall keep a record of all deliveries of <span class="dictionary">game</span> and <span class="dictionary">fish</span> so stored, the dates they are delivered, the number of each species delivered and the name of each person to whom any such delivery is made. <span class="dictionary">Possession</span> of any wild birds, <span class="dictionary">wild animals</span> or <span class="dictionary">fish</span> which are prohibited by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to be sold, in any place of business, except in a licensed cold storage establishment, shall be unlawful.
		Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.
		For the purposes of this section the terms &#x201C;wild birds,&#x201D; &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">wild animals</span>&#x201D; and &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">fish</span>&#x201D; shall mean all or any part of the carcasses of any such birds, animals or <span class="dictionary">fish</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 29-157; 1987, c. 488.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
