29.1-356 - Reporting damages; filing and adjudicating claims. - Virginia Statutes

§ 29.1-356. Reporting damages; filing and adjudicating claims.

Any person suffering damage pursuant to the provisions of this article shallreport the damage to a locally designated official whose duty it shall be tohave the damage investigated. The claim for damage shall be filed under oathand in a manner and form as may be prescribed by the local governing body.

If the claimant and the designated local official agree as to the amount ofdamage, the local governing body may approve the amount and order paymentthereof from the special damage stamp fund established by this article. Noclaim for damages shall be paid to any person who does not permit the huntingof big game or elk by licensed hunters on his property. However, the factthat a landowner places reasonable restrictions on the number of licensedhunters who are permitted to hunt big game or elk on his property shall notdisqualify him from filing a claim for damages pursuant to this section. Inthe event that no agreement as to the amount of damages can be reached, theclaimant may initiate an action in the general district court of the countyin which the damage occurred.

(1981, c. 16, § 29-92.5; 1987, c. 488; 1988, cc. 375, 385; 2003, c. 137.)