Get VA Application For Exotic Species Permit 2020-2024

Keeping lemurs is allowed in certain states of the USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri (illegal in St. Louis), Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (no guarantee).

Is a permit required for exotic pets? No, special permits are not required for unusual and exotic pets, however, if you're in possession of a restricted species, then you will need a permit or documentation.

Virginia. Summary of Law: No person may possess nonnative exotic animals that are classed as predatory or undesirable as a “pet.” Nonnative exotic animals include, but are not limited to: bears, wolves, coyotes, weasels, badgers, hyenas, all species of non-domesticated cats, alligators, and crocodiles.

Exotic, dangerous and wild animals licence You must have a licence to keep any dangerous, wild or exotic animals under the Dangerous Animals Act 1976.

APPLICATION: Application for a permit and a $10.00 non-refundable application fee shall be submitted to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources, Permits Section, P. O. Box 3337, Henrico, VA 23228 (All checks made payable to the "Treasurer of Virginia").

Prairie dogs possessed in captivity in Virginia on December 31, 1997, may be maintained in captivity until the animals' deaths, but they may not be sold on or after January 1, 1998, without a permit.

In the United States, 50 states have 50 sets of laws and there is no direct federal law that prohibits dangerous exotic animals as pets. Alabama, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Nevada have NO laws, allowing citizens to own whatever they want and however, they want.

Importation of wild felines into the state requires an import permit. Exotic wildlife is classified into prohibited, controlled, and non-controlled. Servals and jungle cats are non-controlled and may be possessed and sold as pets without a permit.