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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71853</law_id><section_number>29.1-551</section_number><catch_line>Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-69.48</reference><reference>29.1-525.1</reference><reference>29.1-548</reference><reference>29.1-552</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>The <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">court</span>, upon convicting any person of a violation of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Killing deer by use of certain lights; acts raising presumption of attempt to kill" href="/29.1-523/">29.1-523</a>, <a class="law" title="Deer enclosures prohibited; exceptions; penalty" href="/29.1-525.1/">29.1-525.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Unlawfully killing bear; penalty" href="/29.1-530.2/">29.1-530.2</a>, <a class="law" title="Killing deer illegally" href="/29.1-548/">29.1-548</a>, <a class="law" title="Taking game or fish during closed season or exceeding bag limit" href="/29.1-550/">29.1-550</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Killing wild turkey during closed season" href="/29.1-552/">29.1-552</a> shall, in addition to imposition of the punishment prescribed in those sections, ascertain the approximate replacement value of animals, birds or fish taken in violation of those sections and shall assess the value against the person convicted. The assessment shall be paid by the person so convicted within the time prescribed in the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> or <span class="dictionary">court</span>, not exceeding sixty days, and the collecting officer shall forward such payments to the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for payment into the state treasury. The Comptroller shall credit such payments to the <span class="dictionary">game</span> protection fund.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 29-163.2; 1950, p. 936; 1952, c. 78; 1962, c. 469; 1976, c. 660; 1987, c. 488; 1994, c. 412; 2001, c. 856.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
