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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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75247,"section_number":"18.2-313.2","catch_line":"Introduction of snakehead fish or zebra mussel; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-313.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":193369,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86547,"identifier":"29.1-575","token":"29.1\/5\/7\/29.1-575","url":"\/29.1-575\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-575\/","token":"29.1\/5\/7\/29.1-575","dublin_core":{"Title":"Permits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-575","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Director<\/span> shall permit the importation, possession<\/span>, purchase, receipt, or transportation<\/span> of a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species<\/span> for purposes of research by recognized academic institutions or government agencies upon receiving satisfactory assurance that adequate safeguards will be maintained to prevent the escape or introduction of any such species into the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERMITS (\u00a7 29.1-575)\n\nThe Director shall permit the importation, possession, purchase, receipt, or\ntransportation of a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species for purposes of\nresearch by recognized academic institutions or government agencies upon\nreceiving satisfactory assurance that adequate safeguards will be maintained to\nprevent the escape or introduction of any such species into the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 446.","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}}