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Statutes > Virginia > Title-3-2 > Chapter-10 > 3-2-1003§ 3.2-1003. Threatened and endangered species; prohibitions.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to dig, take, cut, process, orotherwise collect, remove, transport, possess, sell, offer for sale, or giveaway any species native to or occurring in the wild in the Commonwealth thatare listed in this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder as threatenedor endangered, other than from such person's own land, except in accordancewith the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted hereunder.
B. The Commissioner may require any person possessing endangered species orparts thereof to present such species or parts thereof for inspection and togive full information as to their origin and destination.
(1979, c. 372, §§ 3.1-1023, 3.1-1024; 2008, c. 860.)
