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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 106 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 1962 \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 2022, chapter 146<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420241,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357044,"identifier":"29.1-545","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-545","url":"\/29.1-545\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-545\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-545","dublin_core":{"Title":"Possession, sale, offering for sale or liberation of live nutria","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-545","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to possess, sell, offer for sale, or liberate in the Commonwealth any live fur-bearing animal commonly referred to as nutria (Myocastor coypus). This section does not apply to employees of the Department<\/span> of Wildlife<\/span> Resources, U.S. Department<\/span> of Agriculture, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife<\/span> Service, or any persons involved in research or management activities with these agencies.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOSSESSION, SALE, OFFERING FOR SALE OR LIBERATION OF LIVE NUTRIA (\u00a7 29.1-545)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to\npossess, sell, offer for sale, or liberate in the Commonwealth any live\nfur-bearing animal commonly referred to as nutria (Myocastor coypus). This\nsection does not apply to employees of the Department of Wildlife Resources,\nU.S. Department of Agriculture, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or any\npersons involved in research or management activities with these agencies.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 106, \u00a7 29-158.3; 1987, c. 488; 2022, c. 146.","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"}}