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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84740</law_id><section_number>28.2-238</section_number><catch_line>Concealing name or number of vessel; 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="6">Marking of Boats, Nets and Other Devices</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any captain or owner who covers or conceals the name, registration number, or <span class="dictionary">fishing</span> license tag of any boat licensed and engaged in the <span class="dictionary">fisheries</span> under this subtitle is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 28-49, 28-214; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7;&#xA7; 28.1-54, 28.1-190; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
