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Proof that any crab pot was located in any such tributary during the prohibition period constitutes a rebuttable presumption that such pot was knowingly placed, set, or left in that location.\n\nA violation of this section is a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1328043,"text":"It is unlawful to knowingly place, set, or leave any crab pot in any of the tidal tributaries of the Commonwealth between January 1 and January 31. The Commission may change the time period during which such activities are prohibited. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 315 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 1988 \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 1989, chapter 431; in 1992, chapters 202 and 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418753,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356775,"identifier":"28.2-711","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-711","url":"\/28.2-711\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-711\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-711","dublin_core":{"Title":"Crab pots; unlawful activities; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-711","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It is unlawful to knowingly place, set, or leave any <span class=\"dictionary\">crab pot<\/span> in any of the tidal tributaries of the Commonwealth between January 1 and January 31. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> may change the time period during which such activities are prohibited. Proof that any <span class=\"dictionary\">crab pot<\/span> was located in any such tributary during the prohibition period constitutes a rebuttable <span class=\"dictionary\">presumption<\/span> that such pot was knowingly placed, set, or left in that location.<\/p><p>A violation of this section is a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRAB POTS; UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES; PENALTY (\u00a7 28.2-711)\n\nIt is unlawful to knowingly place, set, or leave any crab pot in any of the\ntidal tributaries of the Commonwealth between January 1 and January 31. The\nCommission may change the time period during which such activities are\nprohibited. Proof that any crab pot was located in any such tributary during the\nprohibition period constitutes a rebuttable presumption that such pot was\nknowingly placed, set, or left in that location.\n\nA violation of this section is a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 315, \u00a7 28.1-173.1:1; 1989, c. 431; 1992, cc. 202, 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"}}