Virginia § 10.1-1160 - Effect of proclamation on hunting season
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 10.1-1160 — Effect of proclamation on hunting season, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 10.1-1160. Effect of proclamation on hunting season
When any proclamation is issued pursuant to § 10.1-1158 during any open hunting season (with the exception of any season on migratory birds or waterfowl, the limits of which are prescribed by any agency of the federal government), or when the opening date of any such hunting season occurs while such proclamation is effective, the season, if open, may be extended by the Governor for a period not exceeding the number of legal hunting days during which such proclamation is in effect, beginning on the first legal hunting day after the expiration of the season. If the season is not open, it may open beginning on the first legal hunting day after such proclamation is rescinded and remain open for a period not exceeding the prescribed length of the season.
1954, c. 134, § 27-54.2; 1972, c. 150; 1988, c. 891.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 10.1-1160 ("Effect of proclamation on hunting season") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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