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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 10. Department of Forestry
Chapter 30. Virginia State Forests Regulations
10/31/2025

4VAC10-30-180. Fires and lighted cigarettes.

No person shall kindle, build, maintain, or use a fire in any forest other than in places provided or designated for such purposes by a Conditional Activity Permit. Any fire shall be continuously under the care and direction of a competent person 16 years of age or older from the time it is kindled until it is extinguished. No person within the confines of any forest shall throw away or discard any lighted match, cigarette, cigar, or other burning object. Any lighted match, cigarette, cigar, campfire, cooking fire, or other burning object must be entirely extinguished before being thrown away, abandoned, or discarded. Individuals must comply with all forest fire laws.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1101 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Former 4VAC5-40-180 derived from VR215-01-03; eff. October 14, 1970; amended and renumbered as 4VAC10-30-180, Virginia Register Volume 22, Issue 21, eff. July 26, 2006; amended, Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 1, eff. October 9, 2025.

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