                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNED ACREAGE AND APPLICATIONS (§ 28.2-609)

No assignment, except in the Chesapeake Bay, shall exceed 250 acres. An
applicant, after having 250 acres of general oyster-planting ground assigned to
him, shall not apply for another assignment of oyster grounds within six months
from the day his assignment was recorded and completed. If an assignment is not
made within six months after the expiration of the notice, the application
shall, upon the expiration of six months, lapse and become void, unless the
Commissioner allows an extension. When a protest has been filed with the
Commission against the granting of an application, the application shall not
lapse until the Commission has finally acted upon the application.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-124; 1954, c. 352; 1958, c. 183; 1960, c. 517; 1962,
c. 406, § 28.1-109(8); 1964, c. 393; 1966, c. 684; 1970, c. 726; 1972, c. 644;
1973, c. 14; 1978, cc. 546, 548; 1980, cc. 34, 609; 1984, c. 259; 1992, c. 836.