28.2-523 - Penalty.
§ 28.2-523. Penalty.
Any person who takes or catches oysters with a dredge, scrape, or instrumentother than ordinary or patent oyster tongs or by hand, in any of the watersof the Commonwealth except as provided by law, or regulations of theCommission, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
(Code 1950, §§ 28-154, 28-156; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-132; 1968, c. 747; 1992,c. 836.)