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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>357001</law_id><section_number>29.1-518</section_number><catch_line>When killing of beaver permitted</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="72" identifier="29.1">Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="8" identifier="5">Wildlife and Fish Laws</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Hunting and Trapping</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When beaver are damaging crops or lands, the owner of the premises, his agent or tenant, may kill the animals, or have them killed.</p></section></text><history>1958, c. 147, &#xA7; 29-139.1; 1987, c. 488; 2004, c. 421.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
