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No new licenses shall be issued to such person for a minimum of six months or a maximum of five years after such conviction in the discretion of the Commission.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":296826,"text":"The Commission, without notice and hearing required by \u00a7 28.2-232, shall revoke all licenses and the fishing privileges within the Commonwealth&#8217;s tidal waters to take or catch fish, shellfish, or marine organisms, issued to any person convicted of unlawfully taking oysters or other mollusca from the public grounds, any riparian oyster planting grounds assigned pursuant to Article 1 (\u00a7 28.2-600 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of this title, or any general oyster planting ground leased pursuant to Article 2 (\u00a7 28.2-603 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of this title. 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It has been modified 7 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 1960, chapter 517; in 1962, chapter 406; in 1966, chapter 684; in 1968, chapter 747; in 1992, chapter 836; in 1993, chapter 216; in 2015, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0468\">468<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61193,"section_number":"28.2-232","catch_line":"Revocation of licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-232\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61193,"section_number":"28.2-232","catch_line":"Revocation of licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-232\/"},{"id":59363,"section_number":"28.2-600","catch_line":"Riparian planting ground assignments; eligibility; fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-600\/"},{"id":56169,"section_number":"28.2-603","catch_line":"General oyster planting grounds","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-603\/"}],"permalink":{"id":191333,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82800,"identifier":"28.2-528","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/2\/28.2-528","url":"\/28.2-528\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-528\/","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/2\/28.2-528","dublin_core":{"Title":"Revocation of licenses for theft of oysters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-528","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, without notice and <span class=\"dictionary\">hearing<\/span> required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Revocation of licenses\" href=\"\/28.2-232\/\">28.2-232<\/a>, shall revoke all licenses and the <span class=\"dictionary\">fishing<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> within the Commonwealth&#8217;s tidal waters to take or catch <span class=\"dictionary\">fish<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">shellfish<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">marine organisms<\/span>, issued to any person convicted of unlawfully taking oysters or other mollusca from the public grounds, any riparian oyster planting grounds assigned pursuant to Article 1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Riparian planting ground assignments; eligibility; fee\" href=\"\/28.2-600\/\">28.2-600<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 6 of this title, or any general oyster planting ground leased pursuant to Article 2 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"General oyster planting grounds\" href=\"\/28.2-603\/\">28.2-603<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 6 of this title. 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No new licenses shall be issued to such person for a minimum of six\nmonths or a maximum of five years after such conviction in the discretion of the\nCommission.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 28-191; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, \u00a7 28.1-137; 1966, c.\n684; 1968, c. 747; 1992, c. 836; 1993, c. 216; 2015, c. 468.","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}}