STATE STATUTES & CODES

VIRGINIA STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 5 - Oysters and Clams (28.2-500 thru 28.2-562)

• 28.2-500 - Residency and certain oyster licenses.
• 28.2-501 - Application for license to take or catch oysters or clams.
• 28.2-502 - License fees for taking oysters or clams in tidal waters.
• 28.2-503 - License for taking clams with tongs.
• 28.2-504 - License fee graduated; penalty.
• 28.2-505 - Sale of shells to Commission.
• 28.2-506 - Season for taking oysters from public rocks; penalty.
• 28.2-507 - Opening and closing public rocks.
• 28.2-508 - Prohibited area for patent tongs; penalty.
• 28.2-509 - Maximum weight for patent tongs; teeth length; penalty.
• 28.2-510 - Buying, selling, or possessing unculled oysters; penalty.
• 28.2-511 - Culling oysters; penalty.
• 28.2-512 - Interfering with oyster inspections; penalty.
• 28.2-513 - Prima facie evidence of culling violation; defense.
• 28.2-514 - Possession of shucked oysters; penalty.
• 28.2-515 - Dredging or scraping on private ground; permit required.
• 28.2-516 - Oyster dredging or oyster dredging equipment on boat; penalty.
• 28.2-517 - Marking ground.
• 28.2-518 - Dredging for oysters in James River; penalty.
• 28.2-519 - Use of rakes or scrapes on ocean side of Eastern Shore; penalty.
• 28.2-520 - Use of hydraulic dredges prohibited; exceptions; penalty.
• 28.2-521 - Revocation of license or permit to dredge.
• 28.2-522 - Prima facie evidence of violation.
• 28.2-523 - Penalty.
• 28.2-524 - Taking oysters or clams in certain areas; limitations.
• 28.2-525 - Fishing in Chesapeake Bay immediately west of Tangier Island.
• 28.2-526 - Oyster measures; standards; penalty.
• 28.2-527 - Theft of oysters, clams, shells, etc.; penalty.
• 28.2-528 - Revocation of licenses for theft of oysters.
• 28.2-529 - Converting shells into lime; penalty.
• 28.2-530 - Taking oysters or loading on vessel on Sunday or at night; penalty.
• 28.2-531 - Taking clams on Sunday or at night; exception; penalty.
• 28.2-532 - Protection of oysters and clams of Virginia; labeling; penalty.
• 28.2-533 - Oysters on crab dredging boat; penalty.
• 28.2-534 - Possession of oysters while taking clams; penalty.
• 28.2-535 - Permit to buy or carry seed oysters from certain grounds; penalty.
• 28.2-536 - Taking clams in certain areas; penalty.
• 28.2-537 - Restriction on size of clams; penalty.
• 28.2-538 - Record of oysters handled; penalty.
• 28.2-539 - Inspection tax.
• 28.2-540 - Who pays inspection tax; schedule for payment.
• 28.2-541 - Replenishment tax.
• 28.2-542 - Public Oyster Rocks Replenishment Fund.
• 28.2-543 - Payment of replenishment tax; payment schedule.
• 28.2-544 - Reports required of oyster buyers.
• 28.2-545 - Description unavailable
• 28.2-546 - Permit to carry oysters out of state.
• 28.2-547 - Authority to inspect oysters when loaded on conveyance.
• 28.2-548 - Duty to inspect; collection of tax and receipt.
• 28.2-549 - Violations; recovery of taxes; penalty.
• 28.2-550 - Authority of Commissioner to make certain contracts; funds received to be paid into Public Oyster Rock Replenishment Fund.
• 28.2-551 - Surveys and reports as conclusive evidence.
• 28.2-552 - Resurvey on motion of Commission or on application of citizens.
• 28.2-553 - Reestablishment of lines of Baylor survey; procedure; evidence of reestablished lines.
• 28.2-554 - Sale of Baylor survey charts and plats.
• 28.2-555 - Crossings of Baylor survey.
• 28.2-556 - Erosion control devices within the Baylor survey.
• 28.2-557 - Unlawful to threaten or hinder surveyor; rights of surveyor; penalty.
• 28.2-558 - Placing permanent markers.
• 28.2-559 - Removal of oysters planted by mistake.
• 28.2-560 - Larceny of oysters and shells; penalty.
• 28.2-561 - Removal of markers of planting grounds; penalty.
• 28.2-562 - Maps to be filed; evidential value.

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