29.1-551 - Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken. - Virginia Statutes

§ 29.1-551. Assessment of value of game or fish unlawfully taken.

The judge or court, upon convicting any person of a violation of §§ 29.1-523,29.1-525.1, 29.1-530.2, 29.1-548, 29.1-550 or § 29.1-552 shall, in additionto imposition of the punishment prescribed in those sections, ascertain theapproximate replacement value of animals, birds or fish taken in violation ofthose sections and shall assess the value against the person convicted. Theassessment shall be paid by the person so convicted within the timeprescribed in the judgment of the judge or court, not exceeding sixty days,and the collecting officer shall forward such payments to the Board forpayment into the state treasury. The Comptroller shall credit such paymentsto the game protection fund.

(Code 1950, § 29-163.2; 1950, p. 936; 1952, c. 78; 1962, c. 469; 1976, c.660; 1987, c. 488; 1994, c. 412; 2001, c. 856.)