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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources
Agency 15. Department of Wildlife Resources
Chapter 40. Game: In General
11/8/2025

4VAC15-40-310. Dispatch of game or furbearers by authorized persons.

A. The director or the director's designee may, at the director's discretion, authorize a person to dispatch any nonmigratory game bird, fur-bearing animal, or game animal, except elk, as those animals are defined in § 29.1-100 of the Code of Virginia, provided that the authorizing official is satisfied that the animal is actively exhibiting clear signs of severe injury or disease.

B. The authorizing official may award the carcass of such animal or bird to any person, along with a call for service or report number, provided that no part of any animal dispatched pursuant to this section shall be used for the purposes of taxidermy, mounts, contests, or any public display, unless authorized by the director or the director's designee.

C. Where a deer is the animal authorized to be dispatched, the carcass or parts of it may not be removed from a disease management area, except according to the provisions of 4VAC15-90-293.

D. This section is subject to all applicable firearm laws, including the safe discharge of firearms.

E. This section is subject to all applicable trespass laws.

Statutory Authority

§§ 29.1-103, 29.1.501, and 29.1-502 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 26, eff. September 1, 2025.

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