The DWR Permit Section hours are 8 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (except state holidays).
Shirl Dressler: (804) 367-6913 or collectionpermits@dwr.virginia.gov
- Animal Population Control Permit
- Bird Banding Permit
- Falconry Permit
- Licensed Shooting Preserve Permit
- Permit to Exhibit Wild Animals in Virginia
- Permit to Import and Possess Certain Non-Native (Exotic) Wildlife in Virginia
- Permit to Import African Clawed Frogs or Tilapia into Virginia
- Permit to Operate Foxhound Training Preserve in Virginia
- Permit to Propagate and Sell Raptors in Virginia
- Salvage Permit
- Scientific Collection Permit
- Shoot From A Vehicle
- Special Use Authorization
- Threatened & Endangered Species Collection Permit
- Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit
Wanda Miller: (804) 367-0141 or collectionpermits@dwr.virginia.gov
- American Eel Pot Permit for Personal Use
- American Eel Pot Permit for Sale
- Commercial Nuisance Animal Permit
- Dog Field Trial Permit
- Exotic Species Permit to Import Triploid Grass Carp for Aquatic Vegetation Control in Private Ponds
- Foxhound Field Trial Permits (Outside of Foxhound Training Preserves)
- Gill Net Permit – VA Beach Only
- Haul Seine Permit to Take Fish for Personal Use
- Haul Seine Permit to Take Nongame Fish for Sale
- Nonresident Harvester’s Permit to Take or Catch Fish in Back Bay and Its Tributaries
- Permit to Collect Snapping Turtles and Hellgrammites for Sale
- Permit to Deal in Furs
- Permit to Hold and Sell Certain Fish, Snakes, Snapping Turtles, and Hellgrammites for Sale
- Permit to Possess, Propagate, Buy and Sell Certain Wildlife in Virginia (Fish)
- Permit to Possess, Propagate, Buy and Sell Certain Wildlife in Virginia (Sunfish)
- Permit to Possess, Propagate, Buy and Sell Certain Wildlife in Virginia (Wildlife)
- Raccoon Hound Field Trial Permit
- Permit to Stuff and Mount Birds, Animals, or Fish, and Part of Them for Sale or Compensation (Taxidermy)
- Special Use Authorizations (Bird Dog/Retriever Trials Only)