§ 28.2-535. Permit to buy or carry seed oysters from certain grounds; penalty.
A. It is unlawful for any person to buy or carry oysters from the easternside of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton or from the James River seedarea, whose shells measure less than three inches in length without firstobtaining a permit. A permit shall be required for each boat, vessel, ormotor vehicle used to carry such cargo. The applicant shall obtain thepermit from the officer assigned to the district where the cargo is loaded.The permit shall state the name and tonnage of the boat, vessel, motorvehicle, or other conveyance; the name of the owner and captain; thedestination of the oysters; and the identity of the permit applicant. Thecargo may be loaded under the supervision of the officer, in the order of thepresentation of the permit to the officer in the district in which the boat,vessel, motor vehicle, or other conveyance is to obtain its cargo.
B. Any such permittee who takes seed oysters to a place not specified in hispermit and does not notify the Commissioner within twenty-four hours of thechange in planting location is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The owner orcaptain of any boat, vessel, motor vehicle, or other conveyance found buyingor carrying seed oysters from these public grounds without a permit is guiltyof a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, § 28-111; 1954, c. 447; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-97; 1966, c. 642;1992, c. 836.)
§ 28.2-535. Permit to buy or carry seed oysters from certain grounds; penalty.
A. It is unlawful for any person to buy or carry oysters from the easternside of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton or from the James River seedarea, whose shells measure less than three inches in length without firstobtaining a permit. A permit shall be required for each boat, vessel, ormotor vehicle used to carry such cargo. The applicant shall obtain thepermit from the officer assigned to the district where the cargo is loaded.The permit shall state the name and tonnage of the boat, vessel, motorvehicle, or other conveyance; the name of the owner and captain; thedestination of the oysters; and the identity of the permit applicant. Thecargo may be loaded under the supervision of the officer, in the order of thepresentation of the permit to the officer in the district in which the boat,vessel, motor vehicle, or other conveyance is to obtain its cargo.
B. Any such permittee who takes seed oysters to a place not specified in hispermit and does not notify the Commissioner within twenty-four hours of thechange in planting location is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The owner orcaptain of any boat, vessel, motor vehicle, or other conveyance found buyingor carrying seed oysters from these public grounds without a permit is guiltyof a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, § 28-111; 1954, c. 447; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-97; 1966, c. 642;1992, c. 836.)
§ 28.2-535. Permit to buy or carry seed oysters from certain grounds; penalty.
A. It is unlawful for any person to buy or carry oysters from the easternside of the Counties of Accomack and Northampton or from the James River seedarea, whose shells measure less than three inches in length without firstobtaining a permit. A permit shall be required for each boat, vessel, ormotor vehicle used to carry such cargo. The applicant shall obtain thepermit from the officer assigned to the district where the cargo is loaded.The permit shall state the name and tonnage of the boat, vessel, motorvehicle, or other conveyance; the name of the owner and captain; thedestination of the oysters; and the identity of the permit applicant. Thecargo may be loaded under the supervision of the officer, in the order of thepresentation of the permit to the officer in the district in which the boat,vessel, motor vehicle, or other conveyance is to obtain its cargo.
B. Any such permittee who takes seed oysters to a place not specified in hispermit and does not notify the Commissioner within twenty-four hours of thechange in planting location is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The owner orcaptain of any boat, vessel, motor vehicle, or other conveyance found buyingor carrying seed oysters from these public grounds without a permit is guiltyof a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(Code 1950, § 28-111; 1954, c. 447; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-97; 1966, c. 642;1992, c. 836.)
