{"law_id":"786661","section_number":"29.1-344","catch_line":"Stationary blinds on shore and in the public waters for owners of riparian rights","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 29-85; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c. 217; 2004, c. 422; 2010, c. 9; 2012, c. 227; 2013, c. 745.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/29.1-344\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/29.1-344\/","token":"29.1\/3\/2\/29.1-344","structure":{"1":{"id":"2433","name":"Licenses For Waterfowl Blinds And For Hunting Waterfowl","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/29.1\/3\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"407","name":"Licenses","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","url":"\/29.1\/3\/"},"3":{"id":"25","name":"Game, Inland Fisheries And Boating","identifier":"29.1","label":"title","url":"\/29.1\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"786661","structure_id":"2433","full_text":"Each year, the owners of riparian rights, their lessees or permittees shall have the exclusive privilege of licensing and erecting stationary blinds on their shoreline, and the prior right of licensing and erecting stationary blinds in the public waters in front of their shoreline, to shoot waterfowl over the public waters. Such blinds shall not be located in water having a depth greater than eight feet at mean high tide, nor shall they be located farther than halfway across the body of water from the riparian owner’s shoreline, except on the shores and waters of Back Bay in the City of Virginia Beach where such blinds are limited to (i) the riparian owner’s shoreline at the mean low water mark or (ii) blinds erected and licensed by the riparian owner in 2011. When licensing a stationary blind, the location of each blind licensed shall be provided as latitude and longitude coordinates. When such a license has been obtained and a stake or a stationary blind has been erected on the site with the license for that season properly affixed, no other stationary or floating blind shall be located in the public waters within 500 yards of the licensed site without the consent of the riparian owner, lessee or permittee.","text":{"0":{"id":"2537676","text":"Each year, the owners of riparian rights, their lessees or permittees shall have the exclusive privilege of licensing and erecting stationary blinds on their shoreline, and the prior right of licensing and erecting stationary blinds in the public waters in front of their shoreline, to shoot waterfowl over the public waters. Such blinds shall not be located in water having a depth greater than eight feet at mean high tide, nor shall they be located farther than halfway across the body of water from the riparian owner’s shoreline, except on the shores and waters of Back Bay in the City of Virginia Beach where such blinds are limited to (i) the riparian owner’s shoreline at the mean low water mark or (ii) blinds erected and licensed by the riparian owner in 2011. When licensing a stationary blind, the location of each blind licensed shall be provided as latitude and longitude coordinates. When such a license has been obtained and a stake or a stationary blind has been erected on the site with the license for that season properly affixed, no other stationary or floating blind shall be located in the public waters within 500 yards of the licensed site without the consent of the riparian owner, lessee or permittee.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"2433","name":"Licenses For Waterfowl Blinds And For Hunting Waterfowl","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/29.1\/3\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"407","name":"Licenses","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","url":"\/29.1\/3\/"},"3":{"id":"25","name":"Game, Inland Fisheries And Boating","identifier":"29.1","label":"title","url":"\/29.1\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"782944","structure_id":"2433","section_number":"29.1-340","catch_line":"Hunting waterfowl from unlicensed blinds and without season license","url":"\/29.1-340\/","token":"29.1\/3\/2\/29.1-340"},"1":{"id":"794742","structure_id":"2433","section_number":"29.1-341","catch_line":"Stationary blinds defined","url":"\/29.1-341\/","token":"29.1\/3\/2\/29.1-341"},"2":{"id":"783662","structure_id":"2433","section_number":"29.1-341.1","catch_line":"Number of stationary blinds permitted; 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Such blinds shall not be located in water having a depth greater\nthan eight feet at mean high tide, nor shall they be located farther than\nhalfway across the body of water from the riparian owner’s shoreline,\nexcept on the shores and waters of Back Bay in the City of Virginia Beach where\nsuch blinds are limited to (i) the riparian owner’s shoreline at the mean\nlow water mark or (ii) blinds erected and licensed by the riparian owner in\n2011. When licensing a stationary blind, the location of each blind licensed\nshall be provided as latitude and longitude coordinates. When such a license has\nbeen obtained and a stake or a stationary blind has been erected on the site\nwith the license for that season properly affixed, no other stationary or\nfloating blind shall be located in the public waters within 500 yards of the\nlicensed site without the consent of the riparian owner, lessee or permittee.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-85; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c. 217; 2004, c. 422; 2010, c.\n9; 2012, c. 227; 2013, c. 745."}