                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADMITTANCE, PARKING, AND USE AT CERTAIN DEPARTMENT-OWNED FACILITIES OR
DEPARTMENT-LEASED LAND; CIVIL PENALTY (§ 29.1-113)

A. No person shall make use of, gain admittance to, or attempt to use or gain
admittance to certain Department-owned facilities where the Department charges a
fee established by the Board pursuant to &#xA7; 29.1-103, unless the person pays
such fee. However, such fee shall not apply to (i) any person holding a valid
hunting, trapping, or fishing permit or current certificate of boat registration
issued by the Department; (ii) any person 16 years of age or younger; or (iii)
the use of Department-owned boat ramps.

B. No person shall hunt on private lands managed by the Department through a
lease agreement or other similar memorandum of agreement where the Department
issues an annual hunting stamp without having purchased a valid annual hunting
stamp.

C. Any person violating subsection A or B may, in lieu of any criminal penalty,
be assessed a civil penalty of up to $50 by the Department. Civil penalties
assessed under this section shall be paid into the Game Protection Fund
established pursuant to &#xA7; 29.1-101.

D. No owner or driver shall cause or permit a vehicle to stand:

   1. On property owned or managed by the Department outside of a designated
   parking space, except for a reasonable time in order to receive or discharge
   passengers or in the case of an emergency;

   2. In any designated parking space on property owned or managed by the
   Department in violation of any posted rule regarding use of the space; or

   3. In any space on property owned or managed by the Department designated for
   use by persons with disabilities unless the vehicle displays a license plate
   or decal issued by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, or a
   similar identification issued by a similar authority of another state or the
   District of Columbia, that authorizes parking in such a designated space.
   Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7; 29.1-554, any regulation of the
   Board, or any other trespass provision in the Code of Virginia, no person
   violating this subsection shall be subject to a criminal penalty. Any person
   violating this subsection may, in lieu of any criminal penalty, be assessed a
   civil penalty of $25, which shall be paid into the Game Protection Fund.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 562; 2004, c. 280; 2011, c. 768; 2020, c. 321; 2022, cc. 33,
34.