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In dredging or scraping private planting grounds on permission of the Commissioner, the residence restriction shall not apply to the crew, captain, or owner of any boat engaged by the leaseholder to dredge or scrape private planting grounds for oysters only.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":235640,"text":"No residence restriction shall prohibit any person from obtaining any required license for buying fish or shellfish or for shucking oysters. 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It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 406; in 1983, chapter 306; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80276,"section_number":"28.2-550","catch_line":"Authority of Commissioner to make certain contracts; funds received to be paid into Oyster Replenishment Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-550\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":191219,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64760,"identifier":"28.2-500","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/1\/28.2-500","url":"\/28.2-500\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-500\/","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/1\/28.2-500","dublin_core":{"Title":"Residency and certain oyster licenses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-500","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>No residence restriction shall prohibit any person from obtaining any required license for buying <span class=\"dictionary\">fish<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">shellfish<\/span> or for shucking oysters. In dredging or scraping private planting grounds on permission of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, the residence restriction shall not apply to the crew, captain, or owner of any boat engaged by the leaseholder to dredge or scrape private planting grounds for oysters only.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESIDENCY AND CERTAIN OYSTER LICENSES (\u00a7 28.2-500)\n\nNo residence restriction shall prohibit any person from obtaining any required\nlicense for buying fish or shellfish or for shucking oysters. In dredging or\nscraping private planting grounds on permission of the Commissioner, the\nresidence restriction shall not apply to the crew, captain, or owner of any boat\nengaged by the leaseholder to dredge or scrape private planting grounds for\noysters only.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 28-138; 1962, c. 406, \u00a7 28.1-121; 1983, c. 306; 1992, c.\n836.","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}}