{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-28.2-302.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 28.2-302.1","heading":"Recreational license required","body":"Except in areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of Wildlife Resources and as provided in § 28.2-302.5, a person shall not take or catch fish with rod and reel, hand line, by spearing or gigging, with a cast net, with a dip net, or by using up to two eel pots in the tidal waters of the Commonwealth under the jurisdiction of the Commission without first obtaining a saltwater recreational fishing license. The license required by this section and issued pursuant to § 28.2-302.2, 28.2-302.2:1, 28.2-302.6, 28.2-302.7, 28.2-302.8, 28.2-302.9 or 28.2-302.10 shall not be transferable.1992, c. 895; 1993, c. 241; 2002, c. 215; 2004, c. 486; 2005, c. 124; 2020, c. 958.","path":["Title 28.2. Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters","Subtitle II. Tidal Fisheries","Chapter 3. Finfish","Article 1.1. Saltwater Recreational Fishing"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/28.2-302.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:19Z","sha256":"21390a58bcd0301577f86dc3a7e1fb7500c963e4e7b945731fcd50cb23a98b3d","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-28.2-302","next":"us-va/va.-code-28.2-302.1-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}