                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MARKING GROUND (§ 28.2-517)

A person shall not dredge or scrape his oyster-planting ground unless he has
first properly designated and marked the oyster-planting ground as prescribed by
the Commission in accordance with § 28.2-607. The initials of the lessee shall
be displayed on all lease corners in black letters on a white background not
less than five inches in length. If it appears to the inspector that such ground
is not properly marked, he may immediately suspend the dredging permit until the
ground is properly marked.
		Such initials shall also be placed upon each side of the prow of any boat or
craft used or employed in dredging or scraping the planting ground.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-158; 1950, p. 988; 1952, c. 643; 1954, c. 43; 1958, c.
477; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-134; 1964, c. 393; 1968, c. 747; 1972, c. 644; 1979,
c. 274; 1986, cc. 171, 184; 1992, c. 836.