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- Va. Code § 28.2-317 · Prima facie evidence of violation; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-318 · Exemption for certain trawling activity
- Va. Code § 28.2-319 · Forfeiture of fishing gear, etc
- Va. Code § 28.2-400 · Application for license for resident or nonresident to catch menhaden
- Va. Code § 28.2-400.1 · Criteria for qualifying for a limited entry purse seine menhaden bait license
- Va. Code § 28.2-400.2 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 28.2-401 · Service of process for nonresident individuals, foreign corporations, general and limited partnerships
- Va. Code § 28.2-402 · License fee to take menhaden with purse nets
- Va. Code § 28.2-403 · Action of Commissioner on such application; transfer of license of disabled vessel; delegation of authority; appeals
- Va. Code § 28.2-404 · Appeals from actions of Commissioner
- Va. Code § 28.2-405 · Carrying patent tongs, etc., while fishing for menhaden; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-406 · Reserved
- Va. Code § 28.2-407 · Forfeiture of fishing gear
- Va. Code § 28.2-408 · Food fish not to be taken, bought, or sold; percentage allowable; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-409 · Menhaden fishing prohibited in certain areas; exception
- Va. Code § 28.2-410 · Closed season for menhaden fishing; forbidden nets; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-411 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 28.2-500 · Residency and certain oyster licenses
- Va. Code § 28.2-501 · Application for license to take or catch oysters or clams
- Va. Code § 28.2-502 · License fees for taking oysters or clams in tidal waters
- Va. Code § 28.2-503 · License for taking clams with tongs
- Va. Code § 28.2-504 · License fee graduated; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-505 · Sale of shells to Commission
- Va. Code § 28.2-506 · Season for taking oysters from public rocks; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-507 · Opening and closing public rocks
- Va. Code § 28.2-508 · Prohibited area for patent tongs; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-509 · Maximum weight for patent tongs; teeth length; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-510 · Buying, selling, or possessing unculled oysters; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-511 · Culling oysters; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-512 · Interfering with oyster inspections; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-513 · Prima facie evidence of culling violation; defense
- Va. Code § 28.2-514 · Possession of shucked oysters; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-515 · Dredging or scraping on private ground; permit required
- Va. Code § 28.2-516 · Oyster dredging or oyster dredging equipment on boat; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-517 · Marking ground
- Va. Code § 28.2-518 · Dredging for oysters in James River; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-519 · Use of rakes or scrapes on ocean side of Eastern Shore; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-520 · Use of hydraulic dredges prohibited; exceptions; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-521 · Revocation of license or permit to dredge
- Va. Code § 28.2-522 · Prima facie evidence of violation
- Va. Code § 28.2-523 · Penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-524 · Taking oysters or clams in certain areas; limitations
- Va. Code § 28.2-525 · Fishing in Chesapeake Bay immediately west of Tangier Island
- Va. Code § 28.2-526 · Oyster measures; standards; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-527 · Theft of oysters, clams, shells, etc.; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-528 · Revocation of licenses for theft of oysters
- Va. Code § 28.2-529 · Converting shells into lime; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-530 · Taking oysters or loading on vessel on Sunday or at night; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-531 · Taking clams on Sunday or at night; exception; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-532 · Protection of oysters and clams of Virginia; labeling; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-533 · Oysters on crab dredging boat; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-534 · Possession of oysters while taking clams; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-535 · Permit to buy or carry seed oysters from certain grounds; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-536 · Taking clams in certain areas; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-537 · Restriction on size of clams; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-538 · Record of oysters handled; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-539 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 28.2-541 · Oyster resource user fees
- Va. Code § 28.2-542 · Oyster Replenishment Fund
- Va. Code § 28.2-543 · Repealed
- Va. Code § 28.2-545 · Reserved
- Va. Code § 28.2-546 · Permit to carry oysters out of state
- Va. Code § 28.2-547 · Authority to inspect oysters when loaded on conveyance
- Va. Code § 28.2-548 · Duty to inspect
- Va. Code § 28.2-549 · Violations; recovery of oyster resource user fees; penalties
- Va. Code § 28.2-550 · Authority of Commissioner to make certain contracts; funds received to be paid into Oyster Replenishment Fund
- Va. Code § 28.2-551 · Surveys and reports as conclusive evidence
- Va. Code § 28.2-551.1 · Continuing or reestablishing historic Baylor Survey lines
- Va. Code § 28.2-552 · Resurvey on motion of Commission or on application of citizens
- Va. Code § 28.2-553 · Reestablishment of lines of Baylor survey; procedure; evidence of reestablished lines
- Va. Code § 28.2-554 · Sale of Baylor survey charts and plats
- Va. Code § 28.2-555 · Crossings of Baylor survey
- Va. Code § 28.2-556 · Erosion control devices within the Baylor survey
- Va. Code § 28.2-557 · Unlawful to threaten or hinder surveyor; rights of surveyor; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-558 · Placing permanent markers
- Va. Code § 28.2-559 · Removal of oysters planted by mistake
- Va. Code § 28.2-560 · Larceny of oysters and shells; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-561 · Removal of markers of planting grounds; penalty
- Va. Code § 28.2-562 · Maps to be filed; evidential value
- Va. Code § 28.2-600 · Riparian planting ground assignments; eligibility; fee
- Va. Code § 28.2-601 · Riparian assignments; entitlements; obligations
- Va. Code § 28.2-602 · Riparian assignments; special terms and conditions
- Va. Code § 28.2-603 · General oyster planting grounds
- Va. Code § 28.2-603.1 · Temporary enclosures on leased ground
- Va. Code § 28.2-603.2 · Commissioner to provide notice
- Va. Code § 28.2-604 · Eligible applicants
- Va. Code § 28.2-605 · Application for assignment
- Va. Code § 28.2-606 · Notice of application
- Va. Code § 28.2-607 · Survey and marking of ground
- Va. Code § 28.2-608 · Application, surveying, and recording fees
- Va. Code § 28.2-609 · Restrictions on assigned acreage and applications
- Va. Code § 28.2-610 · Restriction on acreage owned or operated
- Va. Code § 28.2-611 · Application for general planting ground in Chesapeake Bay; acreage allowed; annual rental
- Va. Code § 28.2-612 · Payment of annual rental; penalty for default
- Va. Code § 28.2-613 · Duration of lease
- Va. Code § 28.2-614 · Requiring lessee or transferor to have ground surveyed and plat recorded; canceling lease for failure of lessee to have survey
- Va. Code § 28.2-615 · Payment of costs for service, etc
- Va. Code § 28.2-616 · Possession gives no preference as to assignment
- Va. Code § 28.2-617 · Recordation of plat
- Va. Code § 28.2-618 · (Effective until July 1, 2035) Commonwealth guarantees rights of renter subject to right of fishing