                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ARREST WITH OR WITHOUT WARRANT; LARCENY; VIOLATIONS OF BOATING LAWS AND TITLE
62.1 (§ 28.2-900)

A. Officers may, with or without warrant, (i) arrest any person violating any
provision of this subtitle, (ii) seize any net, pot, or other fishing device or
gear used in violating such laws and (iii) seize fish, shellfish or marine
organisms taken or handled in violation of this subtitle. Each seized property
shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth. The forfeiture shall be enforced as
provided in Chapter 22.1 (&#xA7; 19.2-386.1 et seq.) of Title 19.2. The officer
seizing the property to be forfeited shall immediately give notice to the
attorney for the Commonwealth.

B. All officers may arrest, with or without a warrant, any person who commits in
his presence (i) any larceny committed upon or adjacent to the waters of the
Commonwealth, (ii) any violation of the provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 29.1,
or any regulations promulgated thereunder, or (iii) any violation of the
provisions of Chapter 18 (&#xA7; 62.1-187 et seq.) or 20 (&#xA7; 62.1-194 et
seq.) of Title 62.1.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 28-206, 28-208; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-185; 1980, c.
567, § 28.1-185.1; 1981, c. 525; 1987, c. 84; 1992, c. 836; 2012, cc. 283, 756.