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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 165 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. 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It may set time periods for the sale of licenses for taking crabs in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to determine the appropriateness of instituting seasonal conservation measures and may grant extensions to individual applicants when it finds exceptional circumstances exist.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF CRABBING LICENSES (\u00a7 28.2-704)\n\nThe Commission may require the purchase of licenses before each crab season\nbegins. It may set time periods for the sale of licenses for taking crabs in\norder to determine the appropriateness of instituting seasonal conservation\nmeasures and may grant extensions to individual applicants when it finds\nexceptional circumstances exist.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 165, \u00a7 28.1-172.1; 1992, c. 836.","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}}