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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 15. Department of Wildlife Resources
Chapter 290. Game: Permits
1/5/2026

4VAC15-290-140. Possession of a harvest information program authorization to hunt migratory game birds.

Every person, whether licensed or exempt from being licensed, must be registered with the Virginia Harvest Information Program (HIP) to hunt migratory game birds, including waterfowl, doves, woodcock, snipe, rails, gallinules, moorhens, and coots. The penalty for violation of this section is prescribed by § 29.1-505 of the Code of Virginia.

Statutory Authority

§§ 29.2-103 and 29.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR325-02-27 § 16, eff. January 1, 1995; amended, Virginia Register Volume 14, Issue 16, eff. July 1, 1998; Volume 17, Issue 19, eff. July 4, 2001; Volume 33, Issue 23, eff. August 1, 2017; Volume 42, Issue 8, eff. January 1, 2026.

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