                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC CLAMMING GROUNDS (§ 28.2-632)

Any ground in the waters of this Commonwealth not assigned to anyone for
planting or bathing purposes may be, on application of twenty or more citizens
to the officer assigned to the district in which the land lies, laid off and
designated as public clamming grounds; or the Commissioner may do so without
such petition, provided in his opinion no oyster interests will suffer thereby
and the clams are of sufficient quantity for a person to realize at least 225
clams or $1.50 per day catching and taking clams from such ground. If the ground
is laid off, the Commissioner shall designate by stakes the metes and bounds of
such ground and also have a plat made, to be recorded in the clerk&#8217;s
office of the county where the ground lies. All costs of surveying, platting,
and recording shall be paid by the applicant. Such ground shall be set apart and
remain a public clamming ground for the common use of the citizens of Virginia
for so long as the Commissioner determines, and shall not be assigned to anyone
during such period.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-180; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-162; 1992, c. 836.