29.1-539 - Keeping deer or bear struck by motor vehicle; procedure to be followed by driver. - Virginia Statutes

§ 29.1-539. Keeping deer or bear struck by motor vehicle; procedure to befollowed by driver.

Any person driving a motor vehicle who collides with a deer or bear may, uponcompliance with the provisions of this section, keep the deer or bear for hisown use as if the animal had been killed by that person during hunting seasonfor the animal.

Any person so killing any deer or bear shall immediately report the accidentto the conservation police officer or other law-enforcement officer of thecounty or city where the accident occurred. The conservation police officeror other law-enforcement officer shall view the deer or bear and if hebelieves that the deer or bear was killed by the collision with the motorvehicle or injured to such an extent as to require its death, he shall awardthe animal to the person claiming the deer or bear, and shall give the persona certificate to that effect on forms furnished by the Department.

(1950, pp. 441, 442, §§ 29-155.2 to 29-155.4; 1980, c. 271; 1987, c. 488;2007, c. 87.)