When beaver are damaging crops or lands, the owner of the premises, his agent or tenant, may kill the animals, or have them killed.
Va. Code Ann. § 29.1-518
When killing of beaver permitted
1958, c. 147, § 29-139.1; 1987, c. 488; 2004, c. 421.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.