CODE OF VIRGINIA LARCENY OF OYSTERS AND SHELLS; PENALTY (§ 28.2-560) Any person other than the holder of an oyster-planting ground or his agents or employees who goes upon such ground and takes oysters and shells is guilty of larceny. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-114; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-105; 1992, c. 836.