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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 484<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60414,"section_number":"28.2-231","catch_line":"Exhibition of license; display to officers; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-231\/"},{"id":60369,"section_number":"29.1-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-100\/"},{"id":78081,"section_number":"29.1-209","catch_line":"Inspection of game and fish without arrest","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-209\/"},{"id":84189,"section_number":"29.1-337","catch_line":"Displaying license upon request","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-337\/"}],"permalink":{"id":168189,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80864,"identifier":"19.2-10.3","token":"19.2\/1\/19.2-10.3","url":"\/19.2-10.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-10.3\/","token":"19.2\/1\/19.2-10.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reasonable suspicion required to stop, board, or inspect a noncommercial vessel on navigable waters of the Commonwealth","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-10.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, no law<\/span>-enforcement officer charged with enforcing laws<\/span> or regulations on the navigable waters of the Commonwealth shall stop, board, or inspect any noncommercial vessel on the navigable waters of the Commonwealth unless such officer has reasonable suspicion that a violation of law<\/span> or regulation exists. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The provisions of subsection A shall not apply to lawful stops, boardings, or inspections conducted by conservation police officers, as defined in § 29.1-100<\/a>, or the Virginia Marine Police for the purposes of inspecting hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses pursuant to §§ 28.2-231<\/a> and 29.1-337<\/a> or creel and bag limit inspections pursuant to § 29.1-209<\/a>, nor shall it prohibit lawful boating safety checkpoints conducted by conservation police officers and Virginia Marine Police in accordance with established agency policy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREASONABLE SUSPICION REQUIRED TO STOP, BOARD, OR INSPECT A NONCOMMERCIAL VESSEL\nON NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH (\u00a7 19.2-10.3)\n\nA. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no law-enforcement officer\ncharged with enforcing laws or regulations on the navigable waters of the\nCommonwealth shall stop, board, or inspect any noncommercial vessel on the\nnavigable waters of the Commonwealth unless such officer has reasonable\nsuspicion that a violation of law or regulation exists.\n\nB. The provisions of subsection A shall not apply to lawful stops, boardings, or\ninspections conducted by conservation police officers, as defined in §\n29.1-100, or the Virginia Marine Police for the purposes of inspecting hunting,\nfishing, and trapping licenses pursuant to §§ 28.2-231 and 29.1-337 or\ncreel and bag limit inspections pursuant to § 29.1-209, nor shall it\nprohibit lawful boating safety checkpoints conducted by conservation police\nofficers and Virginia Marine Police in accordance with established agency\npolicy.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 484.","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}}