28.2-512 - Interfering with oyster inspections; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 28.2-512. Interfering with oyster inspections; penalty.

It is unlawful for any person possessing unshucked oysters to (i) resist orinterfere with an officer while he examines oysters suspected of beingunculled or (ii) refuse to admit an officer to a boat or oyster house for thepurpose of such inspection.

A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 28-146; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-127; 1985, c. 125; 1992, c. 836.)