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Statutes > Virginia > Title-29-1 > Chapter-4 > 29-1-422§ 29.1-422. Permits for field trials.
The Board is authorized to grant permits to bona fide field trial clubs andassociations to hold field trials with dogs under such regulations it deemsproper. The fee established by the Board for a field trial permit shall be anamount sufficient to defray the costs of processing the permit andadministering the permitted activity, but shall not exceed twenty-fivedollars per event. It shall be unlawful to hold such trials without thepermit herein authorized during the closed season for game. If wild game isto be shot over or in front of dogs engaged in such field trials, the personactually shooting must have a license permitting him to do so.
Captive birds of any species released and immediately shot or recoveredduring such trials shall not be considered to be wild birds under thischapter or § 29.1-521.
(1984, c. 492, § 29-213.96; 1987, c. 488; 1993, c. 623.)
