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Code of Virginia · § 18.2-488 — Mutilating, defacing, etc

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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