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This law was first created in 1990. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 446 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 836; in 1999, chapter 550<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":356769,"section_number":"28.2-705","catch_line":"License restrictions; exemption; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-705\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418709,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356765,"identifier":"28.2-701","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/1\/28.2-701","url":"\/28.2-701\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-701\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/1\/28.2-701","dublin_core":{"Title":"Crab traps, crab pots and crab pounds; regulations; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-701","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> shall promulgate regulations governing the use, placement, and maintenance of crab traps and crab pounds. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Commission<\/span> may promulgate regulations establishing the mesh size of crab pots<\/span> and peeler pots<\/span>. The regulation may provide for the interchangeable use of the two types of pots, provided that each respective gear is appropriately marked and cull rings in conformance with Commission<\/span> requirements are installed in each pot. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any person convicted of violating any provision of a regulation promulgated under this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRAB TRAPS, CRAB POTS AND CRAB POUNDS; REGULATIONS; PENALTY (\u00a7 28.2-701)\n\nA. The Commission shall promulgate regulations governing the use, placement, and\nmaintenance of crab traps and crab pounds.\n\nB. The Commission may promulgate regulations establishing the mesh size of crab\npots and peeler pots. The regulation may provide for the interchangeable use of\nthe two types of pots, provided that each respective gear is appropriately\nmarked and cull rings in conformance with Commission requirements are installed\nin each pot.\n\nC. Any person convicted of violating any provision of a regulation promulgated\nunder this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 446, \u00a7 28.1-173.3; 1992, c. 836; 1999, c. 550.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}