                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CUTTING OR DESTROYING TREES; CARRYING AXE, SAW, ETC., WHILE HUNTING (§
18.2-141)

It shall be unlawful for any person while hunting for game or wildlife on the
property of another to carry any axe other than a belt axe with a handle less
than twenty inches, saw or other tool or instrument customarily used for the
purpose of cutting, felling, mutilating or destroying trees without obtaining
prior permission of the landowner. Any person violating the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
		Conservation police officers, sheriffs and all law-enforcement officers shall
enforce the provisions of this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-179; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.