                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATIONARY BLINDS IN THE PUBLIC WATERS FOR NONRIPARIAN OWNERS (§ 29.1-345)

A. Unless a license has been obtained pursuant to &#xA7; 29.1-344, and a stake
or a blind has been erected and marked within the time stated as specified in
&#xA7; 29.1-344, in any year, the owners of riparian rights, their lessees or
permittees shall forfeit the privilege of licensing blinds on their shores and
also lose priority for licensing stationary blinds in the public waters
adjoining such shores. Any locations remaining in the public waters shall belong
to whoever first obtains a license and erects a stake or a blind. The blind
shall not be located in a marked navigation channel on the site selected. In
addition, the blind must be at least 500 yards from any other stationary blind,
and the license for that season must be properly affixed to the structure. When
licensing a stationary blind, the location of each blind licensed shall be
provided as latitude and longitude coordinates.

B. At the time of the license transaction pursuant to subsection A, the licensee
shall provide the unique location of each stationary waterfowl blind to the
Department, identified as standardized latitude and longitude coordinates, using
the decimal degrees format with a minimum of five digit precision. The
Department shall publish such coordinates by November 1 of each year, excluding
any customer personal information, on its website in a searchable, publicly
accessible, and conspicuous manner.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 29-86; 1987, c. 488; 2010, c. 9; 2013, c. 745; 2014, c.
377; 2024, c. 186.