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2018 SESSION


CHAPTER 115
An Act to amend and reenact § 28.2-706 of the Code of Virginia, relating to crab scraping; possession of hard crabs.
[H 577]
Approved March 2, 2018

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 28.2-706 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 28.2-706. Restrictions on crab scraping; penalty.

It is unlawful for any person to:

1. Use a crab scrape having a mouth longer than four feet and a toothed bar;

2. Haul a scrape, except by hand; or

3. Have more than two scrapes overboard; or

4. Possess hard crabs while having a crab scrape on board.

A violation of any provision of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.