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Code of Virginia · § 18.2-488 — Mutilating, defacing, etc Partial official-source snapshot · 2026-09-25. This is the text captured and parsed from the source, not a complete or certified current-law edition. Later amendments may be missing. Printed versions may be prior, future or contingent; their current status is not determined here. Code of Virginia only. Administrative regulations, constitution, charters, compacts, authorities and uncodified acts are not included. Tables, formatting and annotations may be incomplete. Coverage and gaps .Title 18.2 · Chapter 11 Previous Next 18.2-488. Mutilating, defacing, etc
No person shall publicly burn with contempt, mutilate, deface, defile, trample upon, or wear with intent to defile any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.
History and annotations Code 1950, § 18.1-425; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 349; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 493.
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