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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0916\">916<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0361\">361<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86547,"section_number":"29.1-575","catch_line":"Permits","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-575\/"}],"permalink":{"id":167321,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75247,"identifier":"18.2-313.2","token":"18.2\/7\/8\/18.2-313.2","url":"\/18.2-313.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-313.2\/","token":"18.2\/7\/8\/18.2-313.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Introduction of snakehead fish or zebra mussel; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-313.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who knowingly introduces into state waters any snakehead fish of the family Channidae, or knowingly places or causes to be placed into state waters any zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) or the larvae thereof, without a permit from the Director of Wildlife Resources issued pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Permits\" href=\"\/29.1-575\/\">29.1-575<\/a> is guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTRODUCTION OF SNAKEHEAD FISH OR ZEBRA MUSSEL; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-313.2)\n\nAny person who knowingly introduces into state waters any snakehead fish of the\nfamily Channidae, or knowingly places or causes to be placed into state waters\nany zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) or the larvae thereof, without a permit\nfrom the Director of Wildlife Resources issued pursuant to \u00a7 29.1-575 is guilty\nof a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, c. 916; 2017, c. 361.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}