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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 493 and 503 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. Unfortunately, the 1992 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":56652,"section_number":"28.2-241","catch_line":"Registration of commercial fishermen required; exemption; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-241\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61585,"section_number":"28.2-208","catch_line":"Marine Fishing Improvement Fund continued","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-208\/"},{"id":56652,"section_number":"28.2-241","catch_line":"Registration of commercial fishermen required; exemption; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-241\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190989,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60489,"identifier":"28.2-244","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/7\/28.2-244","url":"\/28.2-244\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-244\/","token":"28.2\/II\/2\/7\/28.2-244","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purchase of shellfish or finfish; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-244","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A person shall not purchase <span class=\"dictionary\">shellfish<\/span> or finfish from any fisherman who is known by such person to have not registered as a commercial fisherman as required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Registration of commercial fishermen required; exemption; penalty\" href=\"\/28.2-241\/\">28.2-241<\/a>. Whenever a <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> finds that a <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> has violated the provisions of this section, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> shall assess a civil <span class=\"dictionary\">penalty<\/span> of $500. All civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be paid into the Marine <span class=\"dictionary\">Fishing<\/span> Improvement Fund as established in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Marine Fishing Improvement Fund continued\" href=\"\/28.2-208\/\">28.2-208<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURCHASE OF SHELLFISH OR FINFISH; PENALTY (\u00a7 28.2-244)\n\nA person shall not purchase shellfish or finfish from any fisherman who is known\nby such person to have not registered as a commercial fisherman as required by\n\u00a7 28.2-241. Whenever a court finds that a defendant has violated the provisions\nof this section, the court shall assess a civil penalty of $500. All civil\npenalties assessed pursuant to this section shall be paid into the Marine\nFishing Improvement Fund as established in \u00a7 28.2-208.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, cc. 493, 503.","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}}