{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/29.1-543.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/29.1-543.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/29.1-543.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/29.1-543.1.html"}],"law_id":357041,"edition_id":2,"section_id":357041,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-543.1","catch_line":"Introduction, stocking, and release of blue catfish; penalty","history":"2015, c. 470.","full_text":"A\n\nIt is unlawful for any person to introduce into or stock in waters of the Commonwealth, including private ponds or lakes, the blue catfish or its hybrids or to release any blue catfish or any such hybrid into any water body other than that in which it was caught.\n\nB\n\nAny person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1328796,"text":"It is unlawful for any person to introduce into or stock in waters of the Commonwealth, including private ponds or lakes, the blue catfish or its hybrids or to release any blue catfish or any such hybrid into any water body other than that in which it was caught.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1328797,"text":"Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":51086,"edition_id":2,"name":"Possession, Transportation, and Sale of Game and Fish","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":5,"parent_id":51081,"metadata":{"child_laws":11,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:37:14","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:53","permalink":{"id":1420199,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51086,"identifier":"4","token":"29.1\/5\/4","url":"\/29.1\/5\/4\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51081,"edition_id":2,"name":"Wildlife and Fish Laws","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":8,"parent_id":51066,"metadata":{"child_laws":102,"child_structures":9},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:37:09","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:53","permalink":{"id":1419969,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51081,"identifier":"5","token":"29.1\/5","url":"\/29.1\/5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":51066,"edition_id":2,"name":"Wildlife, Inland Fisheries and Boating","identifier":"29.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":72,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":397,"child_structures":36},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:36:48","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:31:51","permalink":{"id":1419279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":51066,"identifier":"29.1","token":"29.1","url":"\/29.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":357034,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-536","catch_line":"Sale","url":"\/29.1-536\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-536","metadata":false},{"id":357035,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-537","catch_line":"Possession","url":"\/29.1-537\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-537","metadata":false},{"id":357036,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-538","catch_line":"Reserved","url":"\/29.1-538\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-538","metadata":false},{"id":357037,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-539","catch_line":"Claiming deer, bear, turkey, or elk struck by motor vehicle","url":"\/29.1-539\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-539","metadata":false},{"id":357038,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-540","catch_line":"Carriage and shipment","url":"\/29.1-540\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-540","metadata":false},{"id":357039,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-541","catch_line":"Storage","url":"\/29.1-541\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-541","metadata":false},{"id":357040,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-542","catch_line":"Importation","url":"\/29.1-542\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-542","metadata":false},{"id":357042,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-543","catch_line":"Game and fish taken and packaged outside the Commonwealth","url":"\/29.1-543\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-543","metadata":false},{"id":357041,"structure_id":51086,"section_number":"29.1-543.1","catch_line":"Introduction, stocking, and release of blue catfish; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0470\">470<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1420233,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357041,"identifier":"29.1-543.1","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-543.1","url":"\/29.1-543.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-543.1\/","token":"29.1\/5\/4\/29.1-543.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Introduction, stocking, and release of blue catfish; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-543.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> It is unlawful for any person to introduce into or stock in waters of the Commonwealth, including private ponds or lakes, the blue catfish or its hybrids or to release any blue catfish or any such hybrid into any water body other than that in which it was caught. <a id=\"paragraph-1328796\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-543.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1328797\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-543.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTRODUCTION, STOCKING, AND RELEASE OF BLUE CATFISH; PENALTY (\u00a7 29.1-543.1)\n\nA. It is unlawful for any person to introduce into or stock in waters of the\nCommonwealth, including private ponds or lakes, the blue catfish or its hybrids\nor to release any blue catfish or any such hybrid into any water body other than\nthat in which it was caught.\n\nB. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 2\nmisdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 470.","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"}}