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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60784</law_id><section_number>28.2-514</section_number><catch_line>Possession of shucked oysters; 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="5">Oysters and Clams</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Fishing for Oysters and Clams; Device Restrictions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It is unlawful for any person to possess more than one-half gallon of shucked oysters on board a boat harvesting on the public rocks.
		A violation of this section is a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-141; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-124; 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1968, c. 747; 1979, c. 606; 1981, c. 52; 1985, c. 125; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
