Virginia

Provides state-specific laws and regulations, as well as links to other sites with state legal information.

• Administrative Code and Statutes
• Other State Legal Resources

For state-specific resources with an interest in the prevention, control, or eradication of invasive species, see our Virginia State Resources page.

Administrative Code and Statutes

• Code of Virginia - State Laws
  • Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food (Title 3.2)
    • Tree and Crop Pests (Chapter 7)
    • Noxious Weeds (Chapter 8)
    • Nuisance Birds (Chapter 9)
    • Seeds (Chapter 40)
  • Counties, Citites, and Towns (Title 15.2)
    • Authority of locality to control certain noxious weeds (15.2-902)
  • Game, Inland Fisheries, and Boating (Title 29.1)
    • Possession, sale, offering for sale or liberation of live nutria (29.1-545)
    • Aquatic Nuisance Species (29.1-571 et seq.)
  
  
• Virginia Administrative Code - State Regulations
  • Agriculture (Title 2)
    • Virginia Imported Fire Ant Quarantine for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law (2VAC5-315)
    • Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law - Beach Vitex Quarantine (2VAC5-316)
    • Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law - Thousand Cankers Disease (2VAC5-318)
    • Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law - Virginia Gypsy Moth Quarantine (2VAC5-330)
    • Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine for Enforcement of the Virginia Pest Law (2VAC5-335)
    • Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of the Virginia Seed Law - Noxious weed seeds (2VAC5-390-20)
    • Noxious or objectionable weeds (2VAC10-10-60)
  • Conservation and Natural Resources (Title 4)
    • Nuisance species designated (4VAC15-20-160)
    • Definitions; nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species (4VAC15-20-210)
    • Importation Requirements, Possession, and Sale of Nonnative (Exotic) Animals
      "Add the family of snakehead fish (Channidae) to the list of those nonnative (exotic) species for which importation, possession, cultivation, and sale in the Commonwealth is prohibited unless otherwise authorized by special permit." (4VAC15-30-40)
    • Ballast Water Discharge Reporting (4VAC20-398)
    • Pertaining to Importation of Fish, Shellfish, or Crustacea into Virginia's Waters (4VAC20-754)

Other State Legal Resources

• National Plant Board
  • State Plant Quarantine Summaries (select State)