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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 446<\/a> 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. It has been modified 2 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 2005, chapter 916<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 559<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193365,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84868,"identifier":"29.1-574","token":"29.1\/5\/7\/29.1-574","url":"\/29.1-574\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-574\/","token":"29.1\/5\/7\/29.1-574","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-574","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person shall knowingly import, possess, transport, sell, purchase, give, receive, or introduce into the Commonwealth any member of a species designated as a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species<\/span> without a permit from the Director<\/span> issued pursuant to § 29.1-575<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Subsection A shall not apply to any person who (i) lawfully catches a snakehead fish of the family Channidae, (ii) subsequently kills such fish, and (iii) notifies the Department<\/span>, as soon as practicable, of his actions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Subsection A shall not apply to any Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan (21 C.F.R. 120 et seq.) certified restaurant or retail market that purchases from an HACCP certified dealer or sells processed snakehead fish of the family Channidae. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITIONS (\u00a7 29.1-574)\n\nA. No person shall knowingly import, possess, transport, sell, purchase, give,\nreceive, or introduce into the Commonwealth any member of a species designated\nas a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species without a permit from the Director\nissued pursuant to § 29.1-575.\n\nB. Subsection A shall not apply to any person who (i) lawfully catches a\nsnakehead fish of the family Channidae, (ii) subsequently kills such fish, and\n(iii) notifies the Department, as soon as practicable, of his actions.\n\nC. Subsection A shall not apply to any Hazard Analysis and Critical Control\nPoint (HACCP) plan (21 C.F.R. 120 et seq.) certified restaurant or retail market\nthat purchases from an HACCP certified dealer or sells processed snakehead fish\nof the family Channidae.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 446; 2005, c. 916; 2018, c. 559.","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}}