Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-136 (2026)

Right of certain hunters to go on lands of another; carrying firearms or bows and arrows prohibited

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Fox hunters and coon hunters, when the chase begins on other lands, may follow their dogs on prohibited lands, and hunters of all other game, when the chase begins on other lands, may go upon prohibited lands to retrieve their dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls but may not carry firearms or bows and arrows on their persons or hunt any game while thereon. The use of vehicles to retrieve dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls on prohibited lands shall be allowed only with the permission of the landowner or his agent. Any person who goes on prohibited lands to retrieve his dogs, falcons, hawks, or owls pursuant to this section and who willfully refuses to identify himself when requested by the landowner or his agent to do so is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

Code 1950, § 29-168; 1964, c. 600; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1988, c. 593; 1991, cc. 317, 327; 2007, cc. 145, 658; 2011, c. 191.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2013–2023 · leading case: Grey Alexander Ferrell v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 743 S.E.2d 284 (Va. Ct. App. 2013).

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Grey Alexander Ferrell v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 743 S.E.2d 284 (Va. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Years later, the General Assembly expressly superseded the English common law rule governing accessories by providing that an “accessory, either before or after the fact, may, whether the principal felon be convicted or not, or be amenable to justice or not, be indicted, tried,…”

James Medeiros v. Virginia Dep't of Wildlife Resources (Va. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 9× “BACKGROUND The landowners brought a declaratory judgment action against the VDWR asserting that Code § 18.2-136, “the Right to Retrieve Law,” constituted a taking of their “private property without just compensation within the meaning of Article I, § 11 of the Virginia…”

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