Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-141 — Cutting or destroying trees; carrying axe, saw, etc., while hunting
Virginia § 18.2-141
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 5CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Art. 6DAMAGE TO REALTY AND PERSONALTY THEREON
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-141 (2026).
Text
It shall be unlawful for any person while hunting for game or wildlife on the property of another to carry any axe other than a belt axe with a handle less than twenty inches, saw or other tool or instrument customarily used for the purpose of cutting, felling, mutilating or destroying trees without obtaining prior permission of the landowner. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Conservation police officers, sheriffs and all law-enforcement officers shall enforce the provisions of this section.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-179; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Virginia § 18.2-141, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-141.