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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 1987, chapter 43; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":191457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58595,"identifier":"28.2-559","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/4\/28.2-559","url":"\/28.2-559\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-559\/","token":"28.2\/II\/5\/4\/28.2-559","dublin_core":{"Title":"Removal of oysters planted by mistake","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-559","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>When, by any resurvey of oyster-planting ground or survey reestablishing the lines of the Baylor survey made under the direction of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, it appears that any holder, by mistake of any employee of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, has had assigned to him and included in the plat of his assignment any portion of the public oyster beds, rocks, or <span class=\"dictionary\">shoals<\/span>, the holder shall file a <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> for permission to remove such oysters or shells from such ground. 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The\nCommission may allow the holder a reasonable time, not exceeding three years,\nwithin which to remove such oysters, their progeny and their shells.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 28-113; 1962, c. 406, \u00a7 28.1-104; 1987, c. 43; 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}}