West Virginia Legislature
Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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20-1-1 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game, Fish and Forestry Department and Commission Department of Game, Fish and Forestry; Divisions A state department of game, fish and forestry shall be maintained for the conservation, protection and propagation of wild animals, wild birds and fowls, fish a… Proofed
20-1-2 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game, Fish and Forestry Department and Commission Game, Fish and Forestry Commission; Appointment; Terms of Office The state department of game, fish and forestry shall be under the control, charge and management of a commission known and designated as “West Virginia Game, F… Proofed
20-1-3 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game, Fish and Forestry Department and Commission Oath; Bond Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, each commissioner shall take the oath prescribed in section five of article four of the Constitution of this S… Proofed
20-1-4 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game, Fish and Forestry Department and Commission Traveling and Other Expenses The commissioners shall receive no salary or other compensation for their services, but shall be allowed and paid their actual necessary expenses in traveling a… Proofed
20-1-5 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game, Fish and Forestry Department and Commission Office; Chairman The commission shall maintain an office at the capitol of the State, furnish the same, secure necessary supplies for the keeping of its records, and the conduct… Proofed
20-1-6 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game, Fish and Forestry Department and Commission Rules and Regulations The commission shall make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as are necessary to regulate its proceedings and to carry out the purposes and … Proofed
20-1-7 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game, Fish and Forestry Department and Commission Powers and Duties in General The commission shall, in addition to the duties hereinafter specifically prescribed, have entire charge, control and supervision of fish, frogs, wild animals, w… Proofed
20-1-8 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game, Fish and Forestry Department and Commission Records; Reports The commission shall keep records of all its acts and doings in relation to its duties and shall preserve the same at its office. It shall keep its financial re… Proofed
20-2-1 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game Protectors Appointment; Compensation The commission shall have power and authority to appoint a chief game protector and other competent men who shall be designated game protectors, not fewer than … Proofed
20-2-2 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game Protectors Oath of Office Before entering upon the discharge of their duties the chief game protector and the game protectors shall each take, sign and execute the oath of office prescri… Proofed
20-2-3 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game Protectors Powers The chief game protector and the game protectors and all other officers of the State of West Virginia, while engaged in the enforcement of the provisions of thi… Proofed
20-2-4 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game Protectors Scope of Authority; License to Carry Revolvers The authority, powers and duties of the chief game protector and game protectors shall be state wide, and after they are appointed as such, each may obtain from… Proofed
20-2-5 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game Protectors State, County and City Police Officers as Game Protectors; Reports The sheriffs and constables in the several counties of the State, and police officers of any city, and members of the department of public safety, hereinafter c… Proofed
20-2-6 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game Protectors Authority to Make Searches The chief game protector and game protectors, including such sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, state police, and police officers, while engaged in the enfo… Proofed
20-2-7 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game Protectors Authority to Summon Aid Any of the officers herein mentioned, whose duty it is to enforce the provisions of this chapter, shall have the same rights and powers as sheriffs have in thei… Proofed
20-3-1 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs State Ownership of Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs The ownership of, and the title to, all wild game, wild birds, both resident and migratory, and all fishes and frogs in the State of West Virginia, are hereby d… Proofed
20-3-2 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs “Closed Season” and “Open Season” Defined The words “closed season,” as used in this chapter, shall mean the time or period during which it is unlawful to hunt, pursue, catch, shoot, wound, trap or dest… Proofed
20-3-3 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Unlawful for Alien to Hunt or Fish No person, not a citizen of the United States of America, shall at any time hunt, pursue, kill or catch any wild animals or wild birds or wild fowl in this Stat… Proofed
20-3-4 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Unlawful to Hunt on Sunday It shall be unlawful to hunt, catch, kill or injure, or pursue with intent to catch, kill, or injure any game animals, game birds, game fowl, or any other anima… Proofed
20-3-5 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Unlawful to Possess Certain Hunting or Fishing Paraphernalia It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession or about his premises any hunting or fishing paraphernalia, such as fish traps, nets and seines ov… Proofed
20-3-6 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Unlawful to Hunt or Fish on Lands of Another Without Written Permission; Penalty; Posting Unenclosed Land It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, hunt, fish or fowl upon the grounds or lands of another person, or to camp, peel trees or timber, build fires or d… Proofed
20-3-7 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Commission May Capture and Maintain Game Animals, Birds and Fish for Propagation, Protection and Distribution; Permits to Others The state game, fish and forestry commission may hunt, capture and maintain in captivity, at any time, for the purpose of propagation, protection and distributi… Proofed
20-3-8 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Suspension or Change of Open Seasons on Any Stream, or in Any County, or Throughout State The commission shall have the power, by a proper order made and entered in its record book, to limit or suspend, for a fixed and definite period, or change the … Proofed
20-3-9 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Transportation of Game, Birds, Fish or Frogs Out of State No person shall at any time transport or kill or have in his possession with the intention of transporting beyond the limits of the State, any elk, deer, quail,… Proofed
20-3-10 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Sale of Game, Birds, Fish or Frogs Caught or Killed in State; Transportation Thereof It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to purchase or offer to purchase, sell or offer to sell, expose for sale, or have in his possession for the purp… Proofed
20-3-11 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Hunting or Fishing for Compensation It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ or hire, or induce or persuade, by the use of money or other thing of value, or by any means,… Proofed
20-3-12 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Serving Game, Birds, Fish or Frogs at Public Eating Place No person shall serve for pay, either directly or indirectly, at any hotel, restaurant, or other licensed eating place in this State, or in any public eating pl… Proofed
20-3-13 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Bounties for Killing Wild Nongame Animals The commission shall have the authority to offer and pay, from time to time, under such regulations as are hereinafter prescribed, such bounties for the killing… Proofed
20-3-14 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY General Provisions Respecting Game, Birds, Fish and Frogs Offenses; Penalties Any person violating any provision of this article, the punishment for which is not prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, … Proofed
20-4-1 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Game and Fur Bearing Animals Defined For the purpose of this chapter the following are game animals: Elk, deer, rabbits, gray and fox squirrels and raccoons; and for the purpose of this chapter the… Proofed
20-4-2 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Elk No person shall hunt, chase, capture, wound or kill any elk in this State at any time before the first day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-five: Provid… Proofed
20-4-3 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Deer; Report to Commission No person shall hunt, capture or kill any deer in this State at any time before the first day of November, nineteen hundred and thirty, after which it shall be … Proofed
20-4-4 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Rabbits No person shall hunt, capture or kill any rabbit between the first day of January and the fourteenth day of October, both inclusive, of each year: Provided, Tha… Proofed
20-4-5 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Squirrels No person shall hunt, capture or kill any gray, black or fox squirrel between the first day of December and the fifteenth day of September of the following year… Proofed
20-4-6 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Raccoons or Skunks No person shall hunt, capture or kill any raccoon or skunk between the first day of February and the thirty-first day of October, both inclusive, of each year. Proofed
20-4-7 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Opossums No person shall hunt, capture or kill any opossum between the first day of February and the thirty-first day of October, both inclusive, of each year. Proofed
20-4-8 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Beavers No person shall hunt, capture or kill any beaver in this State at any time: Provided, That the game, fish and forestry commission may at its discretion establis… Proofed
20-4-9 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Otters No person shall hunt, capture or kill any otter in this State at any time: Provided, That the game, fish and forestry commission may at its discretion establish… Proofed
20-4-10 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Muskrats No person shall hunt, capture or kill any muskrats between the first day of March and the thirty-first day of October, both inclusive, of each year. Proofed
20-4-11 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Hunting Red Foxes It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, kill or injure, by means of a gun, snare, trap or poison, any red fox between the first day of February and the fi… Proofed
20-4-12 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Unlawful Methods of Hunting Game Animals It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to hunt any game animals at night by the use of a spot or jack light, or any light of like kind, except that gam… Proofed
20-4-13 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Unlawful to Own Ferrets It shall be unlawful to own ferrets in this State for any purpose or at any time to have a ferret in one’s possession. Proofed
20-4-14 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Traps or Snares No person shall at any time set or maintain any snare or other trap upon the improved or enclosed lands of another without the express permission of the owner o… Proofed
20-4-15 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Game and Fur Bearing Animals Offenses; Penalties Any person violating any provision of this article, the punishment for which is not prescribed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, … Proofed
20-5-1 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Birds and Fowls Game Birds and Fowls Defined For the purposes of this chapter the following are game birds or game fowls: The anatidae, commonly known as ducks, geese, swans and brant; the rallidae, common… Proofed
20-5-2 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Birds and Fowls Hunting Migratory Game Birds No person shall hunt, pursue, catch, capture or kill any wild duck, goose, brant, plover, snipe, woodcock, ortolan, sandpiper or any other migratory game bird i… Proofed
20-5-3 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Birds and Fowls Hunting Wood Ducks No person shall hunt, pursue, catch, capture or kill any wood duck at any time within this State. Proofed
20-5-4 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Birds and Fowls Hunting Wild Turkeys; Report to Commission No person shall hunt, pursue, capture, wound, or kill any wild turkey between the first day of December and the fourteenth day of October of the following year,… Proofed
20-5-5 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Birds and Fowls Hunting Ruffed Grouse No person shall hunt, pursue, catch, capture or kill any ruffed grouse between the first day of December and the fourteenth day of October of the following year… Proofed
20-5-6 Ch. 20 — GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY Birds and Fowls Hunting Quail or Virginia Partridge No person shall hunt, pursue, catch, capture or kill any quail or Virginia partridge between the first day of December and the thirty-first day of October of th… Proofed
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