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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67262</law_id><section_number>28.2-548</section_number><catch_line>Duty to inspect</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="3">Oyster Records and Resource User Fees</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be the duty of the <span class="dictionary">officer</span> in whose district a cargo of oysters is to be loaded to inspect the oysters as they are loaded and to ensure that all measurements are a full measure of oysters as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Oyster measures; standards; penalty" href="/28.2-526/">28.2-526</a> and that the oysters are properly culled.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 28-103, 28-105; 1954, c. 367; 1960, c. 517; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-90; 1992, c. 836; 2006, c. 33; 2013, c. 38.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
