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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0822\">822<\/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 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 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0298\">298<\/a>; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1425321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358213,"identifier":"3.2-6035","token":"3.2\/V\/60\/4\/3.2-6035","url":"\/3.2-6035\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-6035\/","token":"3.2\/V\/60\/4\/3.2-6035","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-6035","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p><p>&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Shooting enclosure<\/span>&#8221; or &#8220;enclosure&#8221; means any fenced area open commercially to the public or any private facility where <span class=\"dictionary\">animals<\/span> are held for the purpose of being shot.<\/p><p>&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Wildlife<\/span>&#8221; means any native or exotic wild <span class=\"dictionary\">animal<\/span> or bird.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-6035)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n&#8220;Shooting enclosure&#8221; or &#8220;enclosure&#8221; means any fenced\narea open commercially to the public or any private facility where animals are\nheld for the purpose of being shot.\n\n&#8220;Wildlife&#8221; means any native or exotic wild animal or bird.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 822, \u00a7 3.1-763.5:1; 2007, c. 298; 2008, c. 860.","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"}}