                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REPORTING DAMAGES; FILING AND ADJUDICATING CLAIMS (§ 29.1-356)

Any person suffering damage pursuant to the provisions of this article shall
report the damage to a locally designated official whose duty it shall be to
have the damage investigated. The claim for damage shall be filed under oath and
in a manner and form as may be prescribed by the local governing body.
		If the claimant and the designated local official agree as to the amount of
damage, the local governing body may approve the amount and order payment
thereof from the special damage stamp fund established by this article. No claim
for damages shall be paid to any person who does not permit the hunting of big
game or elk by licensed hunters on his property. However, the fact that a
landowner places reasonable restrictions on the number of licensed hunters who
are permitted to hunt big game or elk on his property shall not disqualify him
from filing a claim for damages pursuant to this section. In the event that no
agreement as to the amount of damages can be reached, the claimant may initiate
an action in the general district court of the county in which the damage
occurred.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 16, § 29-92.5; 1987, c. 488; 1988, cc. 375, 385; 2003, c.
137.