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When a violation of any provision of this section has been observed by any person, and the matter dumped or disposed of in the waters of this Commonwealth has been ejected from a boat, the owner or operator of such boat shall be presumed to be the person ejecting such matter; provided, however, that such presumption shall be rebuttable by competent evidence. Every such act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or confinement in jail not to exceed thirty days, or both. Every law-enforcement officer of this Commonwealth and its subdivisions shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":300402,"text":"Except as otherwise permitted by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to cast, throw or dump any garbage, refuse, dead animal, trash, carton, can, bottle, container, box, lumber, timber or like material, or other solid waste, except fish or crab bait in any form, into any of the waters of this Commonwealth. When a violation of any provision of this section has been observed by any person, and the matter dumped or disposed of in the waters of this Commonwealth has been ejected from a boat, the owner or operator of such boat shall be presumed to be the person ejecting such matter; provided, however, that such presumption shall be rebuttable by competent evidence. Every such act shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or confinement in jail not to exceed thirty days, or both. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 246; in 1968, chapter 659; in 1970, chapter 486; in 1974, chapter 603; in 2007, chapter 24<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78933,"section_number":"28.2-900","catch_line":"Arrest with or without warrant; larceny; violations of boating laws and Title 62.1","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-900\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":268629,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83807,"identifier":"62.1-194","token":"62.1\/20\/62.1-194","url":"\/62.1-194\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/62.1-194\/","token":"62.1\/20\/62.1-194","dublin_core":{"Title":"Casting garbage, etc., into waters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 62.1-194","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as otherwise permitted by law<\/span>, it shall be unlawful for any person to cast, throw or dump any garbage, refuse, dead animal, trash, carton, can, bottle, container, box, lumber, timber or like material<\/span>, or other solid waste, except fish or crab bait in any form, into any of the waters of this Commonwealth. When a violation of any provision of this section has been observed by any person, and the matter dumped or disposed of in the waters of this Commonwealth has been ejected from a boat, the owner or operator of such boat shall be presumed to be the person ejecting such matter; provided, however, that such presumption<\/span> shall be rebuttable by competent evidence<\/span>. Every such act shall be a misdemeanor<\/span> punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or confinement in jail not to exceed thirty days, or both. Every law<\/span>-enforcement officer of this Commonwealth and its subdivisions shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCASTING GARBAGE, ETC., INTO WATERS (\u00a7 62.1-194)\n\nExcept as otherwise permitted by law, it shall be unlawful for any person to\ncast, throw or dump any garbage, refuse, dead animal, trash, carton, can,\nbottle, container, box, lumber, timber or like material, or other solid waste,\nexcept fish or crab bait in any form, into any of the waters of this\nCommonwealth. When a violation of any provision of this section has been\nobserved by any person, and the matter dumped or disposed of in the waters of\nthis Commonwealth has been ejected from a boat, the owner or operator of such\nboat shall be presumed to be the person ejecting such matter; provided, however,\nthat such presumption shall be rebuttable by competent evidence. Every such act\nshall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or confinement\nin jail not to exceed thirty days, or both. Every law-enforcement officer of\nthis Commonwealth and its subdivisions shall have authority to enforce the\nprovisions of this section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 62-182, 62-183; 1960, c. 246; 1968, c. 659; 1970, c.\n486; 1974, c. 603; 2007, c. 24.","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}}