CODE OF VIRGINIA POSSESSION, SALE, OFFERING FOR SALE OR LIBERATION OF LIVE NUTRIA (§ 29.1-545) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to possess, sell, offer for sale, or liberate in the Commonwealth any live fur-bearing animal commonly referred to as nutria. HISTORY: 1962, c. 106, § 29-158.3; 1987, c. 488.