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This law was first created in 1983. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 603 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 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1987, chapters 90 and 159; in 1992, chapter 836; in 2018, chapter 115<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418733,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356770,"identifier":"28.2-706","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-706","url":"\/28.2-706\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-706\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-706","dublin_core":{"Title":"Restrictions on crab scraping; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It is unlawful for any person to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Use a crab scrape having a mouth longer than four feet and a toothed bar; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Haul a scrape, except by hand; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Have more than two scrapes overboard.\n\t\t\tA violation of any provision of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRESTRICTIONS ON CRAB SCRAPING; PENALTY (\u00a7 28.2-706)\n\nIt is unlawful for any person to:\n\n1. Use a crab scrape having a mouth longer than four feet and a toothed bar;\n\n2. Haul a scrape, except by hand; or\n\n3. Have more than two scrapes overboard.\n\t\t\tA violation of any provision of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 603, \u00a7 28.1-165.1; 1987, cc. 90, 159; 1992, c. 836; 2018, c.\n115.","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"}}