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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 785 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 1968 \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 1981, chapter 23; in 1990, chapter 493; in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418749,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356774,"identifier":"28.2-710","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-710","url":"\/28.2-710\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-710\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-710","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful to place crab, eel, or fish pots in certain channels; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-710","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It is unlawful to place or maintain any crab, eel, or <span class=\"dictionary\">fish<\/span> pot in a navigable channel which has navigation aids installed or approved by any agency of the United States government or in any portion of a government marked channel of a river, bay, estuary, creek or inlet. The owner or user of any crab, eel, or <span class=\"dictionary\">fish<\/span> pot who has located such pot in accordance with this section shall be relieved of civil liability for any <span class=\"dictionary\">damages<\/span> resulting from the location of such pot.<\/p><p>A violation of this section is a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL TO PLACE CRAB, EEL, OR FISH POTS IN CERTAIN CHANNELS; PENALTY (\u00a7\n28.2-710)\n\nIt is unlawful to place or maintain any crab, eel, or fish pot in a navigable\nchannel which has navigation aids installed or approved by any agency of the\nUnited States government or in any portion of a government marked channel of a\nriver, bay, estuary, creek or inlet. The owner or user of any crab, eel, or fish\npot who has located such pot in accordance with this section shall be relieved\nof civil liability for any damages resulting from the location of such pot.\n\nA violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 785, \u00a7 28.1-173.1; 1981, c. 23; 1990, c. 493; 1992, c. 836.","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"}}