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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 116<\/a> 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. 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 2020, chapter 958<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":366575,"section_number":"5.1-17","catch_line":"Use of aircraft for hunting","order_by":null,"url":"\/5.1-17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1419399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356841,"identifier":"29.1-114","token":"29.1\/1\/3\/29.1-114","url":"\/29.1-114\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-114\/","token":"29.1\/1\/3\/29.1-114","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hunting from aircraft feral hogs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-114","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding \u00a7 5.1-17<\/a>, employees of the Department<\/span> and employees of federal agencies whose responsibilities include fisheries and wildlife<\/span> management, in the performance of such employees’ official duties, may hunt or kill feral hogs in False Cape State Park and Back Bay National Wildlife<\/span> Refuge from aircraft, with the permission of the landowner. However, no such activity shall occur during waterfowl season.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHUNTING FROM AIRCRAFT FERAL HOGS (\u00a7 29.1-114)\n\nNotwithstanding \u00a7 5.1-17, employees of the Department and employees of federal\nagencies whose responsibilities include fisheries and wildlife management, in\nthe performance of such employees’ official duties, may hunt or kill feral\nhogs in False Cape State Park and Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge from\naircraft, with the permission of the landowner. However, no such activity shall\noccur during waterfowl season.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 116; 2020, c. 958.","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"}}