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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69278</law_id><section_number>28.2-230</section_number><catch_line>Penalty for false statements or altering a fishing license; penalty</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><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to (i) subscribe to a materially false statement in applying to secure a license <span class="dictionary">to fish</span> or (ii) alter or change such license.
		A violation of this section shall be a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-66; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-64; 1981, c. 525; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
