{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-29.1-734.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 29.1-734.1","heading":"Skin and scuba divers","body":"A. No person shall engage in skin diving or scuba diving from a boat in the waters of this Commonwealth which are open to boating, or assist in such diving, without displaying a diver's flag from a mast, buoy, or other structure at the place of diving; and no person shall display such flag except when diving operations are under way or in preparation or display a diver's flag in a location which will unreasonably obstruct vessels from making legitimate navigational use of the water.B. The diver's flag shall be square, not less than twelve inches on a side, and shall be of red background with a diagonal white stripe, of a width equal to one fifth of the flag's height, running from the upper corner adjacent to the mast downward to the opposite outside corner.C. No operator of a vessel under way in the waters of this Commonwealth shall permit such vessel to approach closer than twenty-five yards to any structure from which a diver's flag is then being displayed.1987, c. 488.","path":["Title 29.1. Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating","Chapter 7. BOATING LAWS","Article 3. BOATING SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/29.1-734.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:24Z","sha256":"0e293956ba737d28afcc841ef1dbe48aa560165ea8c3afeaeb7a5a6303bc076c","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-29.1-734","next":"us-va/va.-code-29.1-735"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}