General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 5 “Wildlife and Fish Laws”, which is part of Title 29.1 “Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating”. It contains 12 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 12 sections.

§ 29.1-500	Reserved
§ 29.1-501	Promulgation of regulations; publication of proposed regulations or change therein; validation; evidentiary nature of publication
§ 29.1-502	Adoption of regulations
§ 29.1-503	Repealed
§ 29.1-504	Annual publication of laws and regulations
§ 29.1-505	Penalty for violation of regulations
§ 29.1-505.1	Conspiracy; penalty
§ 29.1-506	Prescribing seasons and bag limits for taking fish and game
§ 29.1-507	Closing or shortening open season
§ 29.1-508	Board to prescribe seasons, bag limits and methods of taking and killing fish and game on lands and waters owned or controlled by Board
§ 29.1-508.1	Use of drugs on vertebrate wildlife
§ 29.1-509	Duty of care and liability for damages of landowners to hunters, fishermen, sightseers, etc