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It has been modified 5 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 1964, chapter 207; in 1987, chapter 488; in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0421\">421<\/a>; in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0087\">87<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0349\">349<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420059,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357000,"identifier":"29.1-517","token":"29.1\/5\/2\/29.1-517","url":"\/29.1-517\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-517\/","token":"29.1\/5\/2\/29.1-517","dublin_core":{"Title":"Trapping and shooting of fur-bearing animals during closed season","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-517","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A landowner may trap or shoot <span class=\"dictionary\">fur-bearing animals<\/span> upon his own land during <span class=\"dictionary\">closed season<\/span> when these animals are causing damage to crops or property, or are posing a threat to human health or safety, or are otherwise causing a nuisance.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRAPPING AND SHOOTING OF FUR-BEARING ANIMALS DURING CLOSED SEASON (\u00a7 29.1-517)\n\nA landowner may trap or shoot fur-bearing animals upon his own land during\nclosed season when these animals are causing damage to crops or property, or are\nposing a threat to human health or safety, or are otherwise causing a nuisance.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-139; 1964, c. 207; 1987, c. 488; 2004, c. 421; 2007,\nc. 87; 2013, c. 349.","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"}}