Back40 PassVirginia · Official sources · Reviewed August 14, 2026
Virginia law permits hunting, fishing, or trapping on property posted under section 18.2-134.1 only with written owner or agent consent or in that person's presence. A separate regulation requires written landowner permission for a special elk license on private land in the Elk Management Zone; local firearm ordinances can add controls.
This is a qualified summary, not legal advice or permission. Reopen the cited official sources, confirm their effective dates and current versions, and check the exact property, activity, species, method, date, and local rule before relying on any form.
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Virginia law permits hunting, fishing, or trapping on property posted under section 18.2-134.1 only with written owner or agent consent or in that person's presence. A separate regulation requires written landowner permission for a special elk license on private land in the Elk Management Zone; local firearm ordinances can add controls.
Virginia counties and cities may have firearm, distance, elevated-stand, method, or permission ordinances. DWR's locality compilation directs users to verify current ordinances; this profile is not a complete local-law survey.
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Your draft
Choose primary game and timingSubject: Hunting permission request — [choose primary game], Virginia Hello, My name is [your name]. I am writing to ask whether you would consider discussing permission for 1 hunter to hunt [choose primary game] with archery in Virginia during [your requested dates]. I will not enter, scout, or hunt without your approval. If you are open to a conversation, I would like to confirm: - who controls access: Do you control access for this property, or is there an authorized manager I should contact? - every approved person and the exact dates - the property boundary, entry, parking, and no-go areas - permitted species, methods, and any property-specific limits - check-in, gates, livestock, crops, guests, and equipment rules - whether written permission or another state or local record is required - the game-retrieval plan, including neighboring property I understand the answer may be no, and I will respect it. Permission for one person, activity, or date would not be treated as permission for anyone else or another time. You can reach me at [add your preferred contact before sending]. Thank you for considering the request, [your name]
This is a request, not permission, a lease, or legal advice. Only an authorized person can approve access. Verify current state and local requirements before relying on any written record.
Applicability by rule
“General” below identifies the broadest modeled rule in this review. A rule is described as verified current only when the profile passes the evidence gate; pending rules are labeled with their future effective status.
Conditional or related rule
Written consent and presence are alternative mechanisms under this posted-property statute. The rule does not establish that writing is required on every unposted private parcel.
Conditional or related rule
This rule applies only to the specified special elk licenses and private land in the Elk Management Zone.
Official forms
The DWR form can document permission, but users must still identify which legal rule and grantor apply; owner presence is an alternative under the posted-property statute.
The DWR card is an official optional template. The posted-property statute and special-elk regulation do not prescribe this exact form.
Fields shown: hunter identification · vehicle identification · approved property use · authorized dates · landowner signature · hunter sportsman's pledge · hunter signature
Location: 1
Open Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources form ↗Private printable courtesy record
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Courtesy record · Not a universal legal form
The authorized person and hunter should confirm that this record accurately describes the limited permission actually granted. No access outside the named people, property, dates, activities, map, or rules is implied. Permission may be subject to current law and may be revoked according to applicable terms and law.
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Claim-level source ledger
Superseded material may appear only as labeled context and never supports a current or future modeled claim.
Virginia General Assembly · Va. Code § 18.2-134; posting defined by § 18.2-134.1
Open official source ↗Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources · 4VAC15-90-520(F)
Effective: 2021-07-01 through not stated
Open official source ↗Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources · Permission to Hunt on Private Property card, page 1
Open official source ↗Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources · Introductory verification notice and individual county and city entries
Open official source ↗Complete the chain
A tax record, request, conversation, form draft, or Back40 Pass response is never permission by itself.
Use the state and local record sources for orientation, then verify who controls the hunting rights.
Open Virginia property-record paths →Confirm seasons, licenses, tags, methods, local rules, and property-specific conditions separately.
Open Virginia hunting sources →Create a private request and receive a 30-day landowner response link. Public-board review stays optional; a request is not inventory or access.
Create a private Virginia landowner invite →Share a nonbinding private intake. Back40 Pass does not advertise land without owner action.
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