                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL DEVICES TO BE DESTROYED (§ 29.1-556)

Any firearm, trap, net, or other device of any kind or nature for taking wild
birds, wild animals, or fish, except as specifically permitted by law, shall be
considered unlawful. Any person who violates the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and the device shall be forfeited to
the Commonwealth. Nets, traps or other such devices, excluding firearms, shall
be destroyed by the conservation police officer if the owner or user of the
device cannot be located within thirty days. Unlawful fixed devices may be
destroyed by the conservation police officer at the place where the devices are
found.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 29-172; 1962, c. 469; 1979, c. 264; 1987, c. 488; 2007,
c. 87.