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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59101</law_id><section_number>28.2-300</section_number><catch_line>License application to fish with certain nets</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-146.2</reference></referred_to_by><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="3">Finfish</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Licenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person desiring to take or catch fish with any device shall apply to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> for a license. An applicant for a license <span class="dictionary">to fish</span> with a fixed device shall apply in writing to the <span class="dictionary">officer</span> assigned to the district in which the fixed device is proposed to be located. Every applicant shall state on <span class="dictionary">oath</span> his true name and address; the place where the net, seine, fyke, weir, or other device is to be fished; and that he will not violate the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth in relation to the taking and catching of fish.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-42; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-47; 1983, c. 307; 1992, cc. 836, 895.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
