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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83897</law_id><section_number>29.1-549</section_number><catch_line>Hunting deer from watercraft</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="5">Penalties in General</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who kills or attempts to kill any deer while the person is in a boat or other type watercraft shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-300683" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-549/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every boat or other watercraft and their motors, and any <span class="dictionary">firearm</span>, slingbow, arrowgun, crossbow, bow and arrow, or speargun, used with the knowledge or consent of the owner or lienholder thereof in killing or attempting to kill deer in violation of this section shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth, and upon being condemned as forfeited in proceedings under Chapter 22.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Commencing an action of forfeiture" href="/19.2-386.1/">19.2-386.1</a> et seq.) of Title 19.2 the proceeds of sale shall be disposed of according to <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-300684" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/29.1-549/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1973, c. 120, &#xA7;&#xA7; 29-162.1, 29-162.2; 1987, c. 488; 2002, c. 157; 2012, cc. 283, 756; 2017, c. 530; 2018, cc. 557, 558.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
