                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TAKING OR HOLDING OF FALCONS, HAWKS AND OWLS; USE TO HUNT WILD GAME (§
29.1-419)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director may:

1. Permit the taking, trapping, holding, transportation, carriage and shipment
of live falcons, hawks and owls. The initial fee or the fee for nonconsecutive
years for this permit shall be $50. The fee for subsequent consecutive years
shall be $20 per year.

2. Authorize the use of falcons, hawks and owls to hunt and take all species of
wild birds and wild animals. However, the hunting of migratory game birds shall
be in accordance with &#xA7; 29.1-515, and appropriate hunting licenses shall be
required as provided in Chapter 3 (&#xA7; 29.1-300 et seq.) of this title.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 345, § 29-114.2; 1977, c. 377; 1978, c. 331; 1987, c. 488;
1997, c. 57; 2011, c. 191.