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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70078</law_id><section_number>29.1-552</section_number><catch_line>Killing wild turkey during closed season</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>Any person who kills a wild turkey during the <span class="dictionary">closed season</span>, or who kills a beardless turkey during an open hunting season prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for bearded turkeys only, shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> for each such turkey killed. However, if a person kills a beardless turkey when only the hunting of bearded turkeys is permitted, and immediately delivers the complete carcass in good condition to a conservation police officer or <span class="dictionary">game</span> checking station authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, it shall be confiscated and disposed of as otherwise provided, and the person delivering the carcass shall be exempt from replacement cost provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken" href="/29.1-551/">29.1-551</a>.</p></section></text><history>1968, c. 309, &#xA7; 29-163.2; 1974, c. 60; 1977, c. 377; 1987, c. 488; 1988, c. 19; 2007, c. 87.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
