                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC ROCKS, ETC., NOT TO BE USED OR STAKED OFF; PENALTY (§ 28.2-624)

It is unlawful for any person to stake, use, or occupy for the purpose of
propagating or planting oysters or shells any public oyster bed, rock, or shoal,
or any bottom which has not been assigned to him, or any public clamming grounds
which have been set aside as such. The officer for that district or any other
officer of the Commission shall require any such person to remove all stakes,
watchhouses, or other obstructions from the public beds, rocks, or shoals or
from any bottom which has not been assigned to him. The failure of any person to
remove such stakes or other obstructions within ten days of receiving the
written notice is a separate and additional unlawful act and violation of this
section. The stakes or other obstructions shall be removed by the officer at the
cost of the person unlawfully placing or having placed the stakes or other
obstructions.
		A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-125; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-111; 1992, c. 836.