Emergency Text
4VAC10-30-40. Permits.
A permit to do any act shall authorize the same only insofar
as it may be performed in strict accordance with the terms and conditions
thereof. Any violation by its holder or his agents or employees of any term or condition
thereof shall constitute grounds for its revocation by the department, or by
its authorized representative. In case of revocation of any permit, all moneys
paid for or on account thereof shall, at the option of the department, be
forfeited to and be retained by it; and the holder of such permit, together
with his agents and employees who violated such terms and conditions, shall be
jointly and severally liable to the department for all damages and loss
suffered by it in excess of money so forfeited and retained; but neither such
forfeiture and retention by the department of the whole or any part of such
moneys nor the recovery or collection thereby of such damages, or both, shall
in any manner relieve such person or persons from liability to punishment for
any violation of any provision of any Virginia State Forests Regulation. A
state forest hunting special use permit will be required to hunt or,
trap, fish, ride bikes, or ride horses on any state forest or portion
thereof on which hunting and, trapping, fishing, riding bikes,
or riding horses is permitted.
4VAC10-30-120. Charges.
No person 16 years of age or older shall make, use,
or gain admittance to, or attempt to use or gain admittance to the facilities
in any forest for the use of which a charge special use permit is
made required by the department unless he shall pay the charge
or price fixed by the department obtain a special use permit and pay an
annual fee of $15. Any person 16 years of age may hunt, trap, fish, ride bikes,
or ride horses on any state forest and is not required to obtain a special use
permit or pay an annual fee.
4VAC10-30-200. Hunting and fishing.
No person within the confines of any forest, shall hunt, trap,
shoot, injure, kill or molest in any way any bird or animal, nor shall any
person have in his possession any bird or animal, dead or alive, within the forest
except any bird or animal designated as a game bird or animal by the Virginia
Board of Game and Inland Fisheries, and the trapping of, hunting of, shooting
at, or possession of any such bird or animal is prohibited except during the
lawful hunting season set for the forest or portion thereof by the Virginia
Board of Game and Inland Fisheries and only in those forests or portion thereof
designated by the Forest Superintendent as lawful hunting areas. A state forest
hunting special use permit will be required. All provisions of
the Virginia Code concerning hunting must be complied with.
4VAC10-30-210. Fishing.
Fishing is permitted in designated areas in each forest, the only stipulation being that persons fishing must have a state fishing license, have a special use permit, and comply with the Virginia Game and Inland Fisheries rules and regulations.