{"law_id":"792310","section_number":"29.1-542","catch_line":"Importation","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 29-158; 1977, c. 377; 1982, c. 73; 1987, c. 488.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{"0":{"name":"United States v. Ray Dayton Dove, Jr.","case_number":"00-4248","citation":"247 F.3d 152","date":"2001-04-13","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/772916\/united-states-v-ray-dayton-dove-jr\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. as otherwise permitted by law); Va. Code Ann. S 29.1-542 (Michie 1997 & Supp. 2000) .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit"},"1":{"name":"United States v. Dove","case_number":"00-4248","citation":null,"date":"2001-04-13","url":"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/opinion\/2967386\/united-states-v-dove\/","abstract":" .\u202f.\u202f. as otherwise permitted by law); Va. Code Ann. .\u202f.\u202f. ","court_html":"Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit"}},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/29.1-542\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/29.1-542\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-542","structure":{"1":{"id":"1868","name":"Possession, Transportation, And Sale Of Game And Fish","identifier":"4","label":"article","url":"\/29.1\/5\/4\/"},"2":{"id":"26","name":"Wildlife And Fish Laws","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","url":"\/29.1\/5\/"},"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":"792310","structure_id":"1868","full_text":"Live wolves or coyotes, or birds and animals otherwise classed as predatory or undesirable, may not be imported into the Commonwealth or liberated therein, or possessed therein, except under a special permit of the Board. Nonpredatory birds, animals or fish may be imported, but upon arrival in the Commonwealth, shall be subject to the laws governing the possession of such birds, animals and fish in Virginia. Any person may bring into the Commonwealth, either in his personal possession or as his baggage, on the same conveyance with him and plainly labeled or tagged with his name and address, game and fish legally taken in another state or foreign country, but in no greater quantity than he could legally possess while in such other state or foreign country. Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to birds, animals and fish being transported in unbroken packages from beyond the confines of Virginia through the Commonwealth to another state.","text":{"0":{"id":"2557057","text":"Live wolves or coyotes, or birds and animals otherwise classed as predatory or undesirable, may not be imported into the Commonwealth or liberated therein, or possessed therein, except under a special permit of the Board. Nonpredatory birds, animals or fish may be imported, but upon arrival in the Commonwealth, shall be subject to the laws governing the possession of such birds, animals and fish in Virginia. Any person may bring into the Commonwealth, either in his personal possession or as his baggage, on the same conveyance with him and plainly labeled or tagged with his name and address, game and fish legally taken in another state or foreign country, but in no greater quantity than he could legally possess while in such other state or foreign country. Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to birds, animals and fish being transported in unbroken packages from beyond the confines of Virginia through the Commonwealth to another state.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"1868","name":"Possession, Transportation, And Sale Of Game And Fish","identifier":"4","label":"article","url":"\/29.1\/5\/4\/"},"2":{"id":"26","name":"Wildlife And Fish Laws","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","url":"\/29.1\/5\/"},"3":{"id":"25","name":"Game, Inland Fisheries And Boating","identifier":"29.1","label":"title","url":"\/29.1\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"795125","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-536","catch_line":"Sale","url":"\/29.1-536\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-536"},"1":{"id":"768383","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-537","catch_line":"Possession","url":"\/29.1-537\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-537"},"2":{"id":"793326","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-538","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/29.1-538\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-538"},"3":{"id":"770026","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-539","catch_line":"Keeping deer or bear struck by motor vehicle; procedure to be followed by driver","url":"\/29.1-539\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-539"},"4":{"id":"796249","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-540","catch_line":"Carriage and shipment","url":"\/29.1-540\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-540"},"5":{"id":"780063","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-541","catch_line":"Storage","url":"\/29.1-541\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-541"},"6":{"id":"792310","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-542","catch_line":"Importation","url":"\/29.1-542\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-542"},"7":{"id":"794264","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-543","catch_line":"Game and fish taken and packaged outside the Commonwealth","url":"\/29.1-543\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-543"},"8":{"id":"767235","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-543.1","catch_line":"Introduction, stocking, and release of blue catfish; penalty","url":"\/29.1-543.1\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-543.1"},"9":{"id":"783258","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-544","catch_line":"Dressing, packing and selling bobwhite quail","url":"\/29.1-544\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-544"},"10":{"id":"770245","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-545","catch_line":"Possession, sale, offering for sale or liberation of live nutria","url":"\/29.1-545\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-545"}},"previous_section":{"id":"780063","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-541","catch_line":"Storage","url":"\/29.1-541\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-541"},"next_section":{"id":"794264","structure_id":"1868","section_number":"29.1-543","catch_line":"Game and fish taken and packaged outside the Commonwealth","url":"\/29.1-543\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-543"},"references":[{"id":"774180","section_number":"29.1-568","catch_line":"When Board may permit taking of endangered or threatened species; designated experimental populations","url":"\/29.1-568\/"}],"formats":{"txt":"\/29.1-542.txt","json":"\/29.1-542.json","xml":"\/29.1-542.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Importation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-542","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMPORTATION (\u00a7 29.1-542)\n\nLive wolves or coyotes, or birds and animals otherwise classed as predatory or\nundesirable, may not be imported into the Commonwealth or liberated therein, or\npossessed therein, except under a special permit of the Board. Nonpredatory\nbirds, animals or fish may be imported, but upon arrival in the Commonwealth,\nshall be subject to the laws governing the possession of such birds, animals and\nfish in Virginia. Any person may bring into the Commonwealth, either in his\npersonal possession or as his baggage, on the same conveyance with him and\nplainly labeled or tagged with his name and address, game and fish legally taken\nin another state or foreign country, but in no greater quantity than he could\nlegally possess while in such other state or foreign country. Nothing in this\nsection shall be construed as applying to birds, animals and fish being\ntransported in unbroken packages from beyond the confines of Virginia through\nthe Commonwealth to another state.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-158; 1977, c. 377; 1982, c. 73; 1987, c. 488."}