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This law was first created in 1960. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 131 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 1960 \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 1987, chapter 488; in 1998, chapter 179<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420237,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357043,"identifier":"29.1-544","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-544","url":"\/29.1-544\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-544\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-544","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dressing, packing and selling bobwhite quail","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-544","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It shall be lawful for the licensee of a shooting preserve or his designated agents to dress, pack and sell bobwhite quail raised by him for use as food, under rules or regulations<\/span> to be prescribed by the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> It shall be lawful to sell mounted bobwhite quail in the Commonwealth that have been legally raised captively and mounted outside of the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDRESSING, PACKING AND SELLING BOBWHITE QUAIL (\u00a7 29.1-544)\n\nA. It shall be lawful for the licensee of a shooting preserve or his designated\nagents to dress, pack and sell bobwhite quail raised by him for use as food,\nunder rules or regulations to be prescribed by the Board.\n\nB. It shall be lawful to sell mounted bobwhite quail in the Commonwealth that\nhave been legally raised captively and mounted outside of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1960, c. 131, \u00a7 29-158.2; 1987, c. 488; 1998, c. 179.","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"}}