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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56875</law_id><section_number>29.1-550</section_number><catch_line>Taking game or fish during closed season or exceeding bag limit</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>29.1-551</reference></referred_to_by><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><p>It is unlawful for any person to (i) take or attempt to take any wild bird, wild animal, or fish during the <span class="dictionary">closed season</span>; (ii) exceed the <span class="dictionary">bag or creel limit</span> for any wild bird, wild animal, or fish; or (iii) possess over the daily <span class="dictionary">bag or creel limit</span> for any wild bird, wild animal, or fish while in the forests, fields, or waters of the Commonwealth. Any person convicted of violating any provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> and may also be prohibited by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> from hunting, trapping, or <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> in the Commonwealth for a period of one to five years.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 29-163; 1950, p. 936; 1952, c. 78; 1958, c. 444; 1962, c. 469; 1987, c. 488; 1988, c. 19; 2020, c. 311.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
