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Va. Code § 28.2-523: Penalty
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 28.2. FISHERIES AND HABITAT OF THE TIDAL WATERS
- Subtitle II. TIDAL FISHERIES
- Chapter 5. OYSTERS AND CLAMS
- Article 2. FISHING FOR OYSTERS AND CLAMS; DEVICE RESTRICTIONS
Any person who takes or catches oysters with a dredge, scrape, or instrument other than ordinary or patent oyster tongs or by hand, in any of the waters of the Commonwealth except as provided by law, or regulations of the Commission, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.Code 1950, §§ 28-154, 28-156; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-132; 1968, c. 747; 1992, c. 836.
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