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It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1987, chapter 488; in 1989, chapter 421; in 1993, chapter 839; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0132\">132<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":356919,"section_number":"29.1-334","catch_line":"Certificate when license lost or destroyed","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-334\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1419721,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356920,"identifier":"29.1-335","token":"29.1\/3\/1\/29.1-335","url":"\/29.1-335\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-335\/","token":"29.1\/3\/1\/29.1-335","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hunting, trapping or fishing without a license","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-335","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No person shall hunt, trap, or fish without having obtained a license when such a license is required. 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For the purposes of this article, the term\n&#8220;license&#8221; shall include any temporary license issued by a clerk or\nagent to a buyer and authorized to be used in a manner prescribed by the\nDirector. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 3\nmisdemeanor and shall pay to the clerk a fee equal to the cost of the required\nlicense to be paid into the state treasury and credited to the game protection\nfund.\n\nThe purchase of a license subsequent to an arrest or notice of summons to appear\nin court for hunting, trapping or fishing without a license shall not relieve\nthe person from the penalties specified in this section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-75; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c. 421; 1993, c. 839; 2000, c.\n132.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}