Bill Text: VA HB1344 | 2022 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Hunters, certain; right to go on lands of another.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-01 - Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N) [HB1344 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB1344-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-136 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-136. Allowance of certain hunters to go on lands of another; carrying firearms or bows and arrows prohibited.
Fox hunters and coon raccoon hunters, when the
chase begins on other lands, may follow their dogs on prohibited lands, and
hunters of all other game, when the chase begins on other lands, may go upon
prohibited lands to retrieve their dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls but may not
carry firearms or bows and arrows on their persons or hunt any game while
thereon. If land is so posted, a hunter shall attempt to contact the
landowner or his agent by phone, text, or email via the method provided on the
posted sign during legal daylight hunting hours, except when (i) a dog is in
immediate danger or (ii) the hunter has a prior agreement with the landowner or
his agent. The use of vehicles to retrieve dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls on
prohibited lands shall be allowed only with the permission of the landowner or
his agent. Any person who goes on prohibited lands to retrieve his dogs,
falcons, hawks, or owls pursuant to this section and who willfully refuses to
identify himself when requested by the landowner or his agent to do so is
guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
