29.1-319 - Persons entitled to county, city or state resident licenses.
§ 29.1-319. Persons entitled to county, city or state resident licenses.
The following persons shall be entitled to a state resident license or to acounty or a city license to hunt, trap or fish provided that applications fora county or city license shall be made in the county or city in which theperson meets the following criteria:
1. Any person born in the United States or who has been naturalized and whohas been a bona fide resident of the county or city for six months nextpreceding the date of application for license in the county or city;
2. All persons who are and for two or more months next preceding the date ofthe application have been domiciliary residents of Virginia, upon executionof a certificate of residence prescribed by the Director;
3. Any legal voter of the county or city in which the license is applied for;
4. Any unnaturalized person who owns real estate in the county or city andwho has actually resided there not less than five years next preceding thedate of the application for the license in the county or city;
5. Members of the armed forces of the United States upon execution of acertificate of residence if they (i) reside in the Commonwealth and (ii) areon active duty and (iii) are stationed at military installations within, orin ships based in, the Commonwealth;
6. Any member of the armed forces of the United States, on active duty, whenauthorized by the commanding officer of a military reservation. Theprivileges of this license shall be limited to hunting, trapping or fishingonly within the boundaries of that military reservation;
7. Any student, a resident of this Commonwealth, regularly enrolled in anybona fide preparatory school, college or university in the Commonwealth, andany student, not a resident of the Commonwealth, regularly enrolled in andboarding at any such school, college or university who presents a certificateof enrollment for the current year to the clerk or any license agent in thecounty or city in which the school, college or university is located;
8. Residents of cities whose limits are wholly within the county where thelicense is applied for, provided the residents have physically resided withinthe city for a period of six consecutive months before applying for a license.
(Code 1950, §§ 29-57, 29-58; 1956, c. 68; 1960, c. 536; 1962, c. 469; 1964,cc. 160, 451; 1966, c. 527; 1984, c. 26; 1987, c. 488.)