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The identification of the owner of such crab pot or eel pot by the number above described shall not result in liability on its owner for its location so long as the crab pot or eel pot is placed in the waters of this Commonwealth in compliance with Virginia law.\n\nA violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1328045,"text":"On and after January 1, 1993, any person owning or using a crab pot or eel pot, for whom a license is required by this subtitle, shall display and maintain an identification number, issued by the Commissioner, on the float or stake attached to each such crab pot or eel pot, in a legible and visible manner and in figures of not less than one inch in height. The identification of the owner of such crab pot or eel pot by the number above described shall not result in liability on its owner for its location so long as the crab pot or eel pot is placed in the waters of this Commonwealth in compliance with Virginia law.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":""},"1":{"id":1328046,"text":"A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"prior_prefix":""}},"ancestry":[{"id":51061,"edition_id":2,"name":"Restrictions on Harvesting Crabs","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":3,"parent_id":51058,"metadata":{"child_laws":9,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:36:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:46","permalink":{"id":1418727,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51061,"identifier":"3","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3","url":"\/28.2\/II\/7\/3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51058,"edition_id":2,"name":"Crabs","identifier":"7","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":6,"parent_id":50998,"metadata":{"child_laws":14,"child_structures":3},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:36:40","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:45","permalink":{"id":1418701,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51058,"identifier":"7","token":"28.2\/II\/7","url":"\/28.2\/II\/7\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50998,"edition_id":2,"name":"Tidal Fisheries","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":2,"parent_id":50994,"metadata":{"child_laws":289,"child_structures":42},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:36:05","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:42","permalink":{"id":1417675,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50998,"identifier":"II","token":"28.2\/II","url":"\/28.2\/II\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50994,"edition_id":2,"name":"Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters","identifier":"28.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":70,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":386,"child_structures":71},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:36:05","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:41","permalink":{"id":1417591,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50994,"identifier":"28.2","token":"28.2","url":"\/28.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":356769,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-705","catch_line":"License restrictions; exemption; penalty","url":"\/28.2-705\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-705","metadata":false},{"id":356770,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-706","catch_line":"Restrictions on crab scraping; penalty","url":"\/28.2-706\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-706","metadata":false},{"id":356771,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-707","catch_line":"Restrictions on crab dredging; penalty","url":"\/28.2-707\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-707","metadata":false},{"id":356772,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-708","catch_line":"Limitations on sizes of crabs to be taken; inspection of catch; exemption; penalty","url":"\/28.2-708\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-708","metadata":false},{"id":356773,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-709","catch_line":"Closed season for taking crabs in certain area; penalty","url":"\/28.2-709\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-709","metadata":false},{"id":356774,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-710","catch_line":"Unlawful to place crab, eel, or fish pots in certain channels; penalty","url":"\/28.2-710\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-710","metadata":false},{"id":356775,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-711","catch_line":"Crab pots; unlawful activities; penalty","url":"\/28.2-711\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-711","metadata":false},{"id":356776,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-712","catch_line":"Identification of crab pots and eel pots; penalty","url":"\/28.2-712\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-712","metadata":false},{"id":356777,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-713","catch_line":"Limiting the taking of crabs by one boat in one day; penalty","url":"\/28.2-713\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-713","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":356775,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-711","catch_line":"Crab pots; unlawful activities; penalty","url":"\/28.2-711\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-711","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":356777,"structure_id":51061,"section_number":"28.2-713","catch_line":"Limiting the taking of crabs by one boat in one day; penalty","url":"\/28.2-713\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-713","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/28.2-712\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 750 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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapters 235 and 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1418757,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356776,"identifier":"28.2-712","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-712","url":"\/28.2-712\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-712\/","token":"28.2\/II\/7\/3\/28.2-712","dublin_core":{"Title":"Identification of crab pots and eel pots; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-712","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>On and after January 1, 1993, any person owning or using a <span class=\"dictionary\">crab pot<\/span> or eel pot, for whom a license is required by this subtitle, shall display and maintain an identification number, issued by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>, on the float or stake attached to each such <span class=\"dictionary\">crab pot<\/span> or eel pot, in a legible and visible manner and in figures of not less than one inch in height. The identification of the owner of such <span class=\"dictionary\">crab pot<\/span> or eel pot by the number above described shall not result in liability on its owner for its location so long as the <span class=\"dictionary\">crab pot<\/span> or eel pot is placed in the waters of this Commonwealth in compliance with Virginia <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>.<\/p><p>A violation of this section is a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIDENTIFICATION OF CRAB POTS AND EEL POTS; PENALTY (\u00a7 28.2-712)\n\nOn and after January 1, 1993, any person owning or using a crab pot or eel pot,\nfor whom a license is required by this subtitle, shall display and maintain an\nidentification number, issued by the Commissioner, on the float or stake\nattached to each such crab pot or eel pot, in a legible and visible manner and\nin figures of not less than one inch in height. The identification of the owner\nof such crab pot or eel pot by the number above described shall not result in\nliability on its owner for its location so long as the crab pot or eel pot is\nplaced in the waters of this Commonwealth in compliance with Virginia law.\n\nA violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 750, \u00a7 28.1-173.2; 1992, cc. 235, 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"}}