Sections
Article 1 General Provisions 29.1-500 – 29.1-509
Article 2 Hunting and Trapping 29.1-510 – 29.1-530.4
Article 2 1. Wildlife Violator Compact 29.1-530.5
Article 3 Fishing Laws 29.1-531 – 29.1-535
Article 4 Possession, Transportation, and Sale of Game and Fish 29.1-536 – 29.1-545
Article 5 Penalties in General 29.1-546 – 29.1-562
Article 6 Endangered Species 29.1-563 – 29.1-570
Article 7 Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species Act 29.1-571 – 29.1-577
Article 8 Wildlife Corridors 29.1-578 – 29.1-579

Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 29.1 > Chapter 5 - Wildlife and Fish Laws

  • Administrative adjustment request: means an administrative adjustment request filed by a partnership pursuant to § 6227 of the Internal Revenue Code. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Adult: means a person 18 years of age or more. See Virginia Code 1-203
  • Affiliate: means with respect to any person, any other person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such person. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assessment: as used in this subtitle , shall include an assessment made pursuant to notice by the Department of Taxation and self-assessments made by a taxpayer upon the filing of a return or otherwise not pursuant to notice. See Virginia Code 58.1-1820
  • Audited partnership: means a partnership subject to a partnership-level audit that results in a federal adjustment. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Bailee: means the person who by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Business firm: means any corporation, partnership, electing small business (Subchapter S) corporation, limited liability company, or sole proprietorship authorized to do business in this Commonwealth subject to tax imposed by Articles 2 (§ 58. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Carrier: means a person that issues a bill of lading. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Consignee: means the person named in a bill to whom or to whose order the bill promises delivery. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Consignor: means the person named in a bill as the person from whom the goods have been received for shipment. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Corporate partner: means a partner that is subject to tax under Article 10 (§ 58. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • County: means any existing county or such unit hereafter created. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Direct: means , with respect to a partner, that such partner holds a direct interest in a partnership or a pass-through entity and that such interest is not held indirectly through another partnership or pass-through entity. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Document: means document of title as defined in the general definitions in Title 8. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Education: means any type of scholastic instruction or scholastic assistance to a low-income person or an eligible student with a disability. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Eligible pre-kindergarten child: means a child who is (i) a resident of Virginia; (ii) an at-risk four-year-old unable to obtain services through Head Start or Virginia Preschool Initiative programs; and (iii) enrolled in, eligible to attend, or attending a nonpublic pre-kindergarten program and whose family (a) does not have an annual household income in excess of 300 percent of the current poverty guidelines or 400 percent of such guidelines in cases in which an individualized education program has been written and finalized for the child in accordance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), regulations promulgated pursuant to IDEA, and regulations of the Board of Education; (b) is homeless as defined in 42 U. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.25
  • Eligible student with a disability: means a student (i) for whom an individualized educational program has been written and finalized in accordance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), regulations promulgated pursuant to IDEA, and regulations of the Board of Education and (ii) whose family's annual household income is not in excess of 400 percent of the current poverty guidelines. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Eligible student with a disability: means a child who is a resident of Virginia for whom an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) has been written and finalized in accordance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), regulations promulgated pursuant to IDEA, and regulations of the Board of Education. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.25
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Exempt: means , with respect to a partner, that such partner is exempt from Virginia income taxation. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • farm: means any person that obtains at least 51 percent of its annual gross income from agricultural operations and produces the agricultural waste used as feedstock for the waste-to-energy technology, (ii) "agricultural waste" means biomass waste materials capable of decomposition that are produced from the raising of plants and animals during agricultural operations, including animal manures, bedding, plant stalks, hulls, and vegetable matter, and (iii) "waste-to-energy technology" means any technology, including but not limited to a methane digester, that converts agricultural waste into gas, steam, or heat that is used to generate electricity on-site. See Virginia Code 1-222.1
  • Federal adjustment: means a change to an item or amount determined under the Internal Revenue Code that is used by a taxpayer to compute Virginia tax owed, regardless of whether that change results from an action by the Internal Revenue Service including a partnership-level audit, or the filing of an amended federal return, federal refund claim, or administrative adjustment request by the taxpayer. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Federal adjustments report: means any methods or forms required by the Department for use by a partner or partnership to report final federal adjustments. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Federal partnership representative: means the person that a partnership designates for the taxable year as its representative or the person that the Internal Revenue Service appoints pursuant to § 6223(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to act as the federal partnership representative. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Final determination date: means the date determined pursuant to the provisions of § 58. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Final federal adjustment: means a federal adjustment for which the final determination date has passed. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Good faith: means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract of storage or transportation. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Governing body: means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require. See Virginia Code 15.2-102
  • Housing assistance: means furnishing financial assistance, labor, material, or technical advice to aid the physical improvement of the homes of low-income persons. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Indirect: means , with respect to a partner, that such partner does not hold a direct interest in a partnership or pass-through entity but instead holds a direct interest in another partnership or pass-through entity that itself holds an interest directly, or through another indirect partner, in the partnership or pass-through entity. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
  • Issuer: means a bailee who issues a document except that in relation to an unaccepted delivery order it means the person who orders the possessor of goods to deliver. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Job training: means any type of instruction to an individual who is a low-income person that enables him to acquire vocational skills so that he can become employable or able to seek a higher grade of employment. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Locality: means a county, city, or town as the context may require. See Virginia Code 1-221
  • Low-income person: means an individual whose family's annual household income is not in excess of 300 percent of the current poverty guidelines. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Neighborhood assistance: means providing community services, education, housing assistance, or job training. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Neighborhood organization: means any local, regional or statewide organization whose primary function is providing neighborhood assistance and holding a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury that the organization is exempt from income taxation under the provisions of §§ 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any organization defined as a community action agency in the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (42 U. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Nonpublic pre-kindergarten program: means a pre-kindergarten program that is not operated, directly or indirectly, by a federal, state, or local government entity and that is (i) a preschool program designed for child development and kindergarten preparation that complies with nonpublic school accreditation requirements administered by the Virginia Council for Private Education pursuant to § 22. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.25
  • Nonresident: means , with respect to an individual, estate, or trust partner, that such partner is not a resident partner. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Owner: means any individual or entity who is treated as a partner, member, or shareholder of a pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes. See Virginia Code 58.1-390.1
  • Partner: means a person that holds an interest directly or indirectly in a partnership or pass-through entity. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Partnership: means an entity subject to taxation under Subchapter K, 26 U. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Partnership-level audit: means an examination by the Internal Revenue Service at the partnership level pursuant to Subchapter C, 26 U. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Pass-through entity: means any entity, including a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, a general partnership, a limited liability company, a professional limited liability company, a business trust, or a Subchapter S corporation, that is recognized as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes, in which the partners, members, or shareholders report their share of the income, gains, losses, deductions, and credits from the entity on their federal income tax returns or make the election and pay the tax levied pursuant to § 58. See Virginia Code 58.1-390.1
  • Pass-through entity: means any pass-through entity as defined in § 58. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Plan: means the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan established pursuant to this article. See Virginia Code 29.1-578
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Poverty guidelines: means the poverty guidelines for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia updated annually in the Federal Register by the U. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Poverty guidelines: means the poverty guidelines for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia updated annually in the Federal Register by the U. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.25
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Professional services: means any type of personal service to the public that requires as a condition precedent to the rendering of such service the obtaining of a license or other legal authorization and shall include, but shall not be limited to, the personal services rendered by medical doctors, dentists, architects, professional engineers, certified public accountants, attorneys-at-law, and veterinarians. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Qualified educational expenses: means school-related tuition and instructional fees and materials, including textbooks, workbooks, and supplies used solely for school-related work. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.25
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights and appurtenances thereto and interests therein, other than a chattel interest. See Virginia Code 1-219
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Resident: means , with respect to an individual partner, that such partner is a resident, as defined in § 58. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Reviewed year: means the taxable year of a partnership that is subject to a partnership-level audit from which federal adjustments arise. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Scholarship foundation: means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is (i) exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended or renumbered; (ii) approved by the Department of Education in accordance with the provisions of § 58. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.25
  • Scholastic assistance: means (i) counseling or supportive services to elementary school, middle school, secondary school, or postsecondary school students or their parents in developing a postsecondary academic or vocational education plan, including college financing options for such students or their parents, or (ii) scholarships. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.18
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Shipper: means a person that enters into a contract of transportation with a carrier. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • State partnership representative: means the person identified as the representative of a partnership pursuant to the provisions of § 58. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Student: means a child who is a resident of Virginia and (i) in the current school year has enrolled and attended a public school in the Commonwealth for at least one-half of the year, (ii) for the school year that immediately preceded his receipt of a scholarship foundation scholarship was enrolled and attended a public school in the Commonwealth for at least one-half of the year, (iii) is a prior recipient of a scholarship foundation scholarship, (iv) is eligible to enter kindergarten or eligible to enter first grade, or (v) for the school year that immediately preceded his receipt of a scholarship foundation scholarship was domiciled in a state other than the Commonwealth and did not attend a nonpublic school in the Commonwealth for more than one-half of the school year. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.25
  • Taxpayer: includes every person, corporation, partnership, organization, trust or estate subject to taxation under the laws of this Commonwealth, or under the ordinances, resolutions or orders of any county, city, town or other political subdivision of this Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 58.1-1
  • Tiered partner: means any partner that is a partnership or a pass-through entity and is not an individual. See Virginia Code 58.1-396
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Virginia Quality: means a quality rating and improvement system for early childhood programs administered in partnership between the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and the Office of Early Childhood Development of the Department of Social Services. See Virginia Code 58.1-439.25
  • Warehouseman: is a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Virginia Code 8.7-102
  • Wildlife corridor: means an area connecting fragmented wildlife habitats separated by human activities or infrastructure. See Virginia Code 29.1-578