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<law><law_id>767235</law_id><section_number>29.1-543.1</section_number><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><edition url="https://vacode.org/2016/" id="11" last_updated="2016-07-24" current="TRUE">2016</edition><structure><unit level="1" identifier="29.1" url="https://vacode.org/2016/29.1/">Game, Inland Fisheries And Boating</unit><unit level="2" identifier="5" url="https://vacode.org/2016/29.1/5/">Wildlife And Fish Laws</unit><unit level="3" identifier="4" url="https://vacode.org/2016/29.1/5/4/">Possession, Transportation, And Sale Of Game And Fish</unit></structure><catch_line>Introduction, stocking, and release of blue catfish; penalty</catch_line><history>2015, c. 470.</history><order_by/><metadata/><court_decisions/><official_url>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/29.1-543.1/</official_url><refers_to/><url>/29.1-543.1/</url><token>29.1/5/4/29.1-543.1</token><referred_to_by/><text><section id="2472737" prefix="A"><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.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2472738" prefix="B"><text>Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>B</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>B</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>B</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section></text></law>
