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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71337</law_id><section_number>3.2-6036</section_number><catch_line>Department may issue, deny, and revoke licenses</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="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Domestic Animals</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="60">Livestock and Poultry</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Shooting Enclosures</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a license for <span class="dictionary">shooting enclosures</span> only to those enclosures that were in operation on or before January 1, 1995. These enclosures shall hold only those <span class="dictionary">animals</span> described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitation on animals to be held" href="/3.2-6040/">3.2-6040</a> and as specified in regulations. The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a license to a <span class="dictionary">shooting enclosure</span> only if it meets the requirements of this article and regulations adopted hereunder. No person shall operate an enclosure unless he has obtained a license from the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-257155" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6036/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Department</span> may deny, suspend, or revoke a license if the applicant for a license or a licensee, violates, or is otherwise not in compliance with this article or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. <a id="paragraph-257156" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6036/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Before a <span class="dictionary">shooting enclosure</span> is licensed and throughout the duration of the license, the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> shall inspect the <span class="dictionary">shooting enclosure</span> to ensure compliance with this article or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. <a id="paragraph-257157" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6036/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">State Veterinarian</span> is authorized to seize and dispose of any <span class="dictionary">livestock</span>, as described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitation on animals to be held" href="/3.2-6040/">3.2-6040</a>, found in <span class="dictionary">shooting enclosures</span> that are not licensed under this article. <a id="paragraph-257158" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6036/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Any person convicted of operating an unlicensed <span class="dictionary">shooting enclosure</span> shall pay all reasonable costs incurred by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> in the seizure and disposal of any confiscated <span class="dictionary">livestock</span>. <a id="paragraph-257159" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6036/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> It is unlawful for any person to knowingly provide <span class="dictionary">livestock</span>, as described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitation on animals to be held" href="/3.2-6040/">3.2-6040</a>, to an unlicensed <span class="dictionary">shooting enclosure</span>. <a id="paragraph-257160" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-6036/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1995, c. 822, &#xA7; 3.1-763.5:2; 2007, c. 298; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
