62.1-194 - Casting garbage, etc., into waters. - Virginia Statutes

§ 62.1-194. Casting garbage, etc., into waters.

Except as otherwise permitted by law, it shall be unlawful for any person tocast, throw or dump any garbage, refuse, dead animal, trash, carton, can,bottle, container, box, lumber, timber or like material, or other solidwaste, except fish or crab bait in any form, into any of the waters of thisCommonwealth. When a violation of any provision of this section has beenobserved by any person, and the matter dumped or disposed of in the waters ofthis Commonwealth has been ejected from a boat, the owner or operator of suchboat shall be presumed to be the person ejecting such matter; provided,however, that such presumption shall be rebuttable by competent evidence.Every such act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed$1,000 or confinement in jail not to exceed thirty days, or both. Everylaw-enforcement officer of this Commonwealth and its subdivisions shall haveauthority to enforce the provisions of this section.

(Code 1950, §§ 62-182, 62-183; 1960, c. 246; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c. 486;1974, c. 603; 2007, c. 24.)