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Code of Virginia · § 18.2-86 — Setting fire to woods, fences, grass, etc

18.2-86. Setting fire to woods, fences, grass, etc

If any person maliciously set fire to any wood, fence, grass, straw or other thing capable of spreading fire on land, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

History and annotations

Code 1950, § 18.1-82; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 362; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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