{"data":{"id":"us-va/4vac20-270-50","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"4VAC20-270-50","heading":"Peeler crab pot and hard crab pot limits","body":"A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, set or fish or attempt to place, set or fish more than 210 peeler crab pots in Virginia tidal waters.\n\nB. The lawful hard crab pot license categories and hard crab pot limits are as follows:\n\n1. Up to 85 crab pots.\n\n2. Up to 127 crab pots.\n\n3. Up to 170 crab pots.\n\n4. Up to 255 crab pots.\n\n5. Up to 425 crab pots.\n\nC. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly place, set or fish any amount of crab pots that exceeds that person's crab pot limit, as described in subsection B of this section.","path":["Title 4. Conservation And Natural Resources","Agency 20. Marine Resources Commission","Chapter 270. Pertaining to Blue Crab Fishery"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title4/agency20/chapter270/section50/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:31Z","sha256":"5b65477342a9bc2f7ebfe251bd53295e00a77ad478273655f8630dc206956c40","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/4vac20-270-40","next":"us-va/4vac20-270-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}