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If the season is not open, it may open beginning on the first legal hunting day after such proclamation is rescinded and remain open for a period not exceeding the prescribed length of the season.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1287902,"text":"When any proclamation is issued pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1158 during any open hunting season (with the exception of any season on migratory birds or waterfowl, the limits of which are prescribed by any agency of the federal government), or when the opening date of any such hunting season occurs while such proclamation is effective, the season, if open, may be extended by the Governor for a period not exceeding the number of legal hunting days during which such proclamation is in effect, beginning on the first legal hunting day after the expiration of the season. 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This law was first created in 1954. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 134 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 1954 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1972, chapter 150; in 1988, chapter 891.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":345455,"section_number":"10.1-1158","catch_line":"Prohibition of all open burning where serious fire hazards exist; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1158\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1372293,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345458,"identifier":"10.1-1160","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/8\/10.1-1160","url":"\/10.1-1160\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1160\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/8\/10.1-1160","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of proclamation on hunting season","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1160","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any proclamation is issued pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1158<\/a> during any open hunting season (with the exception of any season on migratory birds or waterfowl, the limits of which are prescribed by any agency of the federal government), or when the opening date of any such hunting season occurs while such proclamation is effective, the season, if open, may be extended by the Governor for a period not exceeding the number of legal hunting days during which such proclamation is in effect, beginning on the first legal hunting day after the expiration of the season. If the season is not open, it may open beginning on the first legal hunting day after such proclamation is rescinded and remain open for a period not exceeding the prescribed length of the season.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF PROCLAMATION ON HUNTING SEASON (\u00a7 10.1-1160)\n\nWhen any proclamation is issued pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1158 during any open hunting\nseason (with the exception of any season on migratory birds or waterfowl, the\nlimits of which are prescribed by any agency of the federal government), or when\nthe opening date of any such hunting season occurs while such proclamation is\neffective, the season, if open, may be extended by the Governor for a period not\nexceeding the number of legal hunting days during which such proclamation is in\neffect, beginning on the first legal hunting day after the expiration of the\nseason. If the season is not open, it may open beginning on the first legal\nhunting day after such proclamation is rescinded and remain open for a period\nnot exceeding the prescribed length of the season.\n\nHISTORY: 1954, c. 134, \u00a7 27-54.2; 1972, c. 150; 1988, c. 891.","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"}}