                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNGRANTED BEDS OF BAYS, RIVERS, CREEKS AND SHORES OF THE SEA TO REMAIN IN COMMON
(§ 28.2-1200)

All the beds of the bays, rivers, creeks and the shores of the sea within the
jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, not conveyed by special grant or compact
according to law, shall remain the property of the Commonwealth and may be used
as a common by all the people of the Commonwealth for the purpose of fishing,
fowling, hunting, and taking and catching oysters and other shellfish. No grant
shall be issued by the Librarian of Virginia to pass any estate or interest of
the Commonwealth in any natural oyster bed, rock, or shoal, whether or not it
ebbs bare.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 62-1; 1960, c. 533; 1968, c. 659, § 62.1-1; 1992, c.
836; 1995, c. 850; 1998, c. 427.