                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIAL NONRESIDENT HARVESTER&#8217;S LICENSE; FEE AND OATH; REVOCATION; PENALTY
(§ 28.2-227)

A. Any nonresident desiring to take or catch marine fish, crabs or any other
seafood, except oysters, clams or other mollusks, from the tidal waters of the
Commonwealth for which a license is required shall pay to any officer or agent a
fee for a nonresident harvester&#8217;s license. The fee, to be established by
the Commission, shall be no less than $350 or more than $1,150 or as
subsequently revised by the Commission pursuant to &#xA7; 28.2-201. Three
hundred fifty dollars of each fee shall be credited to the Virginia Marine
Products Fund as provided under &#xA7; 3.2-2705. The remainder of the fee shall
be credited to the Marine Fishing Improvement Fund, as established pursuant to
&#xA7; 28.2-208.

B. The license shall be required of each boat used in Virginia&#8217;s tidal
waters and shall be in addition to any other licenses required for the activity
involved.

C. The nonresident shall state under oath his true name and address, the name
and number of the boat being licensed, and that he will not violate any of the
laws of the Commonwealth governing the taking and catching of seafood.

D. A nonresident harvester&#8217;s license shall be required prior to the
purchase of any other license for the harvesting of seafood. Revocation of this
license in accordance with &#xA7; 28.2-232 shall constitute revocation of any
other license held by the nonresident under the provisions of this subtitle. No
commercial fishing license or permit shall be sold to a nonresident whose state
of residence does not offer for sale the same or substantially similar license
or permit to a resident of the Commonwealth.

E. Any Virginia resident who enters into a partnership or other agreement with
the intent to defeat the object of this section is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 299, § 28.1-47.1; 1991, c. 411; 1992, c. 836; 1993, c. 245;
1994, c. 155; 2009, c. 9; 2010, cc. 12, 144.