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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54928</law_id><section_number>28.2-228</section_number><catch_line>Licenses for purchase of fish, shellfish, or marine organisms from the catcher; fee</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">General Provisions</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Licensing Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person purchasing from the catcher clams, crabs, <span class="dictionary">fish</span>, or other seafood, except oysters, caught from the waters of the Commonwealth or the Potomac River, shall pay a license fee of (i) $50 for each place of business and (ii) $25 for each boat or motor vehicle used for buying. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may subsequently revise the cost of licenses pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority of Commission to make regulations, establish licenses, and prepare fishery management plans; accept federal grants; enforcement; penalty for violation of regulation" href="/28.2-201/">28.2-201</a>. <a id="paragraph-201512" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-228/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person purchasing from the catcher oysters caught from the public grounds of the Commonwealth or the Potomac River shall pay a license fee of (i) $50 for a single place of business with one boat or motor vehicle used for buying oysters and (ii) $100 for a single place of business with multiple boats or motor vehicles used for buying oysters. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may subsequently revise the cost of licenses pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority of Commission to make regulations, establish licenses, and prepare fishery management plans; accept federal grants; enforcement; penalty for violation of regulation" href="/28.2-201/">28.2-201</a>. <a id="paragraph-201513" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-228/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> No license shall be required of any person purchasing seafood for personal consumption, any place of business which is solely a restaurant, or any person who operates a business which is subject to local license taxes under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Counties, cities and towns may impose local license taxes and fees; limitation of authority" href="/58.1-3703/">58.1-3703</a> and who has in his <span class="dictionary">possession</span> no more than one bushel of peeler crabs to be sold as bait. <a id="paragraph-201514" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/28.2-228/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 726, &#xA7; 28.1-119.1; 1979, c. 274; 1980, c. 218; 1984, c. 316; 1988, c. 27; 1992, c. 836; 2009, c. 9; 2013, c. 38.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
