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VA - Endangered Species - Article 6. Endangered Species. | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: West's Annotated Code of Virginia. Title 29.1. Game, Inland Fisheries and Boating. Chapter 5. Wildlife and Fish Laws. Article 6. Endangered Species.
Primary Citation: Va. Code Ann. §§ 29.1-563 - 570 Country of Origin: United States Last Checked: January, 2020 Alternate Citation: VA ST §§ 29.1-563 - 570 Date Adopted: 1987 Historical:
Summary: The taking, transportation, possession, sale, or offer for sale within the Commonwealth of any fish or wildlife appearing on any list of threatened or endangered species published by the United States Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the provisions of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-205), or any modifications or amendments thereto, is prohibited except as provided in § 29.1-568. Interestingly, the state mandates that anyone who keeps a non-native or exotic reptile must keep the reptile so as to prevent it from running-at-large or escaping. Violation of this provision is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
§ 29.1-563 . Definitions
§ 29.1-564 . Taking, transportation, sale, etc., of endangered species prohibited
§ 29.1-565 . Reserved
§ 29.1-566 . Regulations
§ 29.1-567 . Penalties; authority of game wardens and police officers; disposition of property seized
§ 29.1-568 . When Board may permit taking of endangered or threatened species; designated experimental populations
§ 29.1-569 . Keeping of reptiles generally; penalty
§ 29.1-570 . Cooperation of state agencies
“Experimental population” means any population of an endangered or threatened species of fish or wildlife, excluding those species appearing on the federal list specified in § 29.1-564, that is (i) established through deliberate introduction by humans; (ii) designated by regulation of the Board; and (iii) explicitly delineated in a conservation plan.
Acts 1987, c. 488; Acts 1990, c. 369. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 47.
Acts 1987, c. 488.
§ 29.1-565. Reserved
Acts 1987, c. 488; Acts 1989, c. 553.
§ 29.1-567. Penalties; authority of game wardens and police officers; disposition of property seized
B. Any judicial officer or other officer authorized to issue criminal warrants shall have authority to issue a warrant for the search and seizure of any goods, business records, merchandise or fish or wildlife taken, employed or used in connection with a violation of any provision of this article. All such search warrants shall be issued and executed pursuant to Chapter 5 (§ 19.2-52 et seq.) of Title 19.2. C. Goods, merchandise, fish or wildlife or records seized under the provisions of subsection B of this section shall be held by an officer or agent of the Department at the direction of the judge or court pending disposition of court proceedings, and thereafter be forfeited to the Commonwealth for destruction or disposition as the Director may deem appropriate. However, prior to forfeiture, the Director may direct the transfer of fish or wildlife so seized to a qualified zoological, educational, or scientific institution for safekeeping, with costs assessable to the defendant. The Board is authorized to issue regulations to implement this section.
Acts 1987, c. 488; Acts 1990, c. 123; Acts 1994, c. 848.
Acts 1987, c. 488. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 47; Acts 2014, c. 481.
Acts 1987, c. 488; Acts 1999, c. 85.