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Selling or offering for sale; penalty (§ 29.1-553)—Virginia Decoded - Virginia Decoded
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29.1 Game, Inland Fisheries And Boating
5 Wildlife And Fish Laws
5 Penalties In General
§ 29.1-553 Selling or offering for sale; penalty
§ 29.1-553
Selling or offering for sale; penalty
A. Any person who offers for sale, sells, offers to purchase, or purchases any wild bird or wild animal, or any part thereof, or any freshwater fish, except as provided by law, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, when the aggregate of such sales or purchases or any combination thereof, by any person totals $ 200 or more during any 90-day period, that person shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.
B. Whether or not criminal charges have been placed, when any property is taken possession of by a conservation police officer for the purpose of being used as evidence of a violation of this section or for confiscation, the conservation police officer making such seizure shall immediately report the seizure to the Attorney for the Commonwealth.
C. In any prosecution for a violation of this section, photographs of the wild bird, wild animal, or any freshwater fish, or any part thereof shall be deemed competent evidence of such wild bird, wild animal, or freshwater fish, or part thereof and shall be admissible in any proceeding, hearing, or trial of the case to the same extent as if such wild bird, wild animal, or any freshwater fish, or part thereof had been introduced as evidence. Such photographs shall bear a written description of the wild bird, wild animal, or freshwater fish, or parts thereof, the name of the place where the alleged offense occurred, the date on which the alleged offense occurred, the name of the accused, the name of the arresting officer or investigating officer, the date of the photograph, and the name of the photographer. The photographs shall be identified by the signature of the photographer.
D. Any licensed Virginia auctioneer or licensed auction firm that sells, as a legitimate item of an auction sale, wildlife mounts that have undergone the taxidermy process, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section and subdivision A 11 of § 29.1-521.
Code 1950, § 29-164; 1962, c. 469; 1986, c. 182; 1987, c. 488; 1989, c. 203; 1994, c. 848; 1997, c. 172; 2005, c. 170; 2007, c. 87.
If you’re reading this for anything important, you should double-check its accuracy—read § 29.1-553 on the official Code of Virginia website.
United States v. Ray Dayton Dove, Jr. (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 04/13/01)
. . . in Virginia in vio- lation of Va. Code Ann. S 29.1-553 (Michie 1997 & Supp. 2000), and . . .
Goble v. Com. (COA, 09/14/10)
. . . sell wild animal parts in violation of Code § 29.1-553. Goble argues that the trial court erred in . . .
United States v. Dove (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 04/13/01)
. . . in Virginia in vio- . . .
§ 19.2-8 Limitation of prosecutions
§ 29.1-531 Unlawful to take or attempt to take, possess, sell or transport fish except as permitted
§ 29.1-547 Trapping, selling, purchasing, etc., migratory game birds
§ 29.1-567 Penalties; authority of conservation police officers and police officers; disposition of property seized