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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 485 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1987, chapter 488.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420123,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357018,"identifier":"29.1-527","token":"29.1\/5\/2\/29.1-527","url":"\/29.1-527\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-527\/","token":"29.1\/5\/2\/29.1-527","dublin_core":{"Title":"Counties, cities or towns may prohibit hunting near public schools and county, city, town or regional parks","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-527","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The governing body of any county, city or town may prohibit by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, shooting or hunting with a <span class=\"dictionary\">firearm<\/span>, or prohibit hunters from traversing an area while in <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of a loaded <span class=\"dictionary\">firearm<\/span>, within 100 yards of any property line of a public school or a county, city, town or regional park. The governing body may, in such <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, provide that any violation thereof shall be a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. Nothing in this section shall give any county, city or town the authority to enforce such an <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> on lands within a national or state park or forest, or <span class=\"dictionary\">wildlife<\/span> management area.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOUNTIES, CITIES OR TOWNS MAY PROHIBIT HUNTING NEAR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COUNTY,\nCITY, TOWN OR REGIONAL PARKS (\u00a7 29.1-527)\n\nThe governing body of any county, city or town may prohibit by ordinance,\nshooting or hunting with a firearm, or prohibit hunters from traversing an area\nwhile in possession of a loaded firearm, within 100 yards of any property line\nof a public school or a county, city, town or regional park. The governing body\nmay, in such ordinance, provide that any violation thereof shall be a Class 4\nmisdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall give any county, city or town the\nauthority to enforce such an ordinance on lands within a national or state park\nor forest, or wildlife management area.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 485, \u00a7 29-144.5:1; 1987, c. 488.","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"}}