Section 80. Stuffing or mounting birds and animals - records; inspections

A. A holder of a permit to stuff or mount birds and animals shall keep a complete record of all transactions. Such records shall include the species to be mounted or tanned; the date of receipt; the name, address and telephone number of the person for whom the work is being performed; the name of the person who killed the specimen (if different from above); the hunting license or Virginia driving license number of such person; the county where the specimen was taken or, if taken out-of-state, the state in which it was taken; and the date the completed work was returned to the customer. Such records shall be retained for three years. These records, and the premises where such business is conducted, shall be open to inspection by representatives of the department during normal business hours.

B. Upon receipt of any specimen of wildlife, a holder of a permit shall immediately affix to such specimen a tag bearing the designation of the species, the name and address of the customer and the date the specimen was killed. Such tag shall remain affixed to the specimen, except when the specimen is actually in the process of being worked on, until it is delivered to the customer. A numbered tag, with numbers corresponding to the number of the line entry of the records required in subsection A of this section, may be used in lieu of that.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR325-02-27 § 8, eff. January 1, 1989; amended, Volume 10, Issue 26, eff. October 19, 1994; Volume 11, Issue 05, eff. January 1, 1995.

Statutory Authority

§§ 29.1-501, 29.1-502, 29.1-701 and 29.1-735 of the Code of Virginia.