CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF RAKES OR SCRAPES ON OCEAN SIDE OF EASTERN SHORE; PENALTY (§ 28.2-519)

It shall be unlawful for any person to use dredges, scrapes, rakes other than
hand rakes, or other like devices to take or catch crabs, clams, or shells from
the public rocks, beds, or shoals on the ocean side of the Counties of Accomack
and Northampton.A violation of this section is a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-198; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-143; 1992, c. 836.