                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SHOOTING WILD BIRDS AND WILD ANIMALS FROM STATIONARY VEHICLES BY DISABLED
PERSONS (§ 29.1-521.3)

Any person, upon application to a conservation police officer and the
presentation of a medical doctor&#8217;s written statement based on a physical
examination that such person is permanently unable to walk due to impaired
mobility, may, in the discretion of the conservation police officer, be issued a
permit to shoot wild birds and wild animals from a stationary automobile or
other vehicle during established open hunting seasons and in accordance with
other laws and regulations. Permits issued pursuant to this section shall (i) be
issued on a form provided by the Department, (ii) not authorize shooting from a
stationary vehicle less than 50 feet from nor in or across any public road or
highway subject to the provisions of § 29.1-526, (iii) be issued for the
lifetime of the permittee and be issued only to those persons who are properly
licensed to hunt, and (iv) be nontransferable. Any permit found in the
possession of any person not entitled to such permit shall be subject to
confiscation by a conservation police officer.

HISTORY: 1994, c. 244; 2007, c. 87.