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Virginia — Title 18.2 · Chapter 5
- § 18.2-77 — Burning or destroying dwelling house, etc
- § 18.2-78 — What not deemed dwelling house
- § 18.2-79 — Burning or destroying meeting house, etc
- § 18.2-80 — Burning or destroying any other building or structure
- § 18.2-81 — Burning or destroying personal property, standing grain, etc
- § 18.2-82 — Burning building or structure while in such building or structure with intent to commit felony
- § 18.2-83 — Threats to bomb, damage, or discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; false information as to danger to such buildings, etc.; punishment; venue
- § 18.2-84 — Causing, inciting, etc., commission of act proscribed by § 18.2-83
- § 18.2-85 — Manufacture, possession, use, etc., of fire bombs or explosive materials or devices; penalties
- § 18.2-86 — Setting fire to woods, fences, grass, etc
- § 18.2-87 — Setting woods, etc., on fire intentionally whereby another is damaged or jeopardized
- § 18.2-87.1 — Setting off chemical bombs capable of producing smoke in certain public buildings
- § 18.2-88 — Carelessly damaging property by fire
- § 18.2-89 — Burglary; how punished
- § 18.2-90 — Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson; penalty
- § 18.2-91 — Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit larceny, assault and battery or other felony
- § 18.2-92 — Breaking and entering dwelling house with intent to commit other misdemeanor
- § 18.2-93 — Entering bank, armed, with intent to commit larceny
- § 18.2-94 — Possession of burglarious tools, etc
- § 18.2-95 — Grand larceny defined; how punished
- § 18.2-96 — Petit larceny defined; how punished
- § 18.2-96.1 — Identification of certain personalty
- § 18.2-97 — Larceny of certain animals and poultry
- § 18.2-97.1 — Removal of a transmitting device; penalty
- § 18.2-98 — Larceny of bank notes, checks, etc., or any book of accounts
- § 18.2-99 — Larceny of things fixed to the freehold
- § 18.2-100 — Removal of crop by tenant before rents and advances are satisfied
- § 18.2-101 — Selling, etc., of goods distrained or levied on
- § 18.2-102 — Unauthorized use of animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat; consent; accessories or accomplices
- § 18.2-102.1 — Removal of shopping cart from store premises
- § 18.2-102.2 — Unauthorized use of dairy milk cases or milk crates; penalty
- § 18.2-103 — Concealing or taking possession of merchandise; altering price tags; transferring goods from one container to another; counseling, etc., another in performance of such acts
- § 18.2-103.1 — Organized retail theft; penalty
- § 18.2-104.1 — Liability upon conviction under § 18.2-103
- § 18.2-105.1 — Detention of suspected shoplifter
- § 18.2-105.2 — Manufacture, sale, etc., of devices to shield against electronic detection of shoplifting prohibited; penalty
- § 18.2-106 — "Agents of the merchant" defined
- § 18.2-107 — Theft or destruction of public records by others than officers
- § 18.2-108 — Receiving, etc., stolen goods
- § 18.2-108.01 — Larceny with intent to sell or distribute; sale of stolen property; penalty
- § 18.2-108.1 — Receipt of stolen firearm
- § 18.2-109 — Receipt or transfer of possession of stolen vehicle, aircraft or boat
- § 18.2-110.1 — Mail theft; penalty
- § 18.2-111 — Embezzlement deemed larceny; indictment
- § 18.2-111.2 — Failure to pay withheld child support; embezzlement
- § 18.2-112 — Embezzlement by officers, etc., of public or other funds; default in paying over funds evidence of guilt
- § 18.2-112.1 — Misuse of public assets; penalty
- § 18.2-113 — Fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock companies or corporations; penalty
- § 18.2-114.1 — When collection of money by commissioner, etc., larceny
- § 18.2-115 — Fraudulent conversion or removal of property subject to lien or title to which is in another
- § 18.2-115.1 — Unlawful sublease of a motor vehicle; penalty
- § 18.2-116 — Failure to pay for or return goods delivered for selection or approval
- § 18.2-117 — Failure of bailee to return animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat
- § 18.2-118 — Fraudulent conversion or removal of leased personal property
- § 18.2-119 — Trespass after having been forbidden to do so; penalties
- § 18.2-119.1 — Validity of signs forbidding trespass; penalty
- § 18.2-120 — Instigating, etc., such trespass by others; preventing service to persons not forbidden to trespass
- § 18.2-121 — Entering property of another for purpose of damaging it, etc.; penalties
- § 18.2-121.1 — Permitting certain animals to run at large
- § 18.2-121.2 — Trespass by spotlight on agricultural land
- § 18.2-121.3 — Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalty
- § 18.2-124 — Jurisdiction over offenses committed in Capitol Square
- § 18.2-125 — Trespass at night upon any cemetery
- § 18.2-126 — Violation of sepulture; defilement of a dead human body; penalties
- § 18.2-127 — Injuries to churches, church property, cemeteries, burial grounds, etc.; penalty
- § 18.2-128 — Trespass upon church or school property
- § 18.2-130 — Peeping or spying into dwelling or enclosure
- § 18.2-130.1 — Peeping or spying into dwelling or occupied building by electronic device or unmanned aircraft system; penalty
- § 18.2-131 — Trespass upon licensed shooting preserve
- § 18.2-132 — Trespass by hunters and fishers
- § 18.2-132.1 — Trespass by hunters using dogs; penalty
- § 18.2-133 — Refusal of person on land, etc., of another to identify himself
- § 18.2-134 — Trespass on posted property
- § 18.2-134.1 — Method of posting lands
- § 18.2-135 — Destruction of posted signs; posting land of another
- § 18.2-136 — Right of certain hunters to go on lands of another; carrying firearms or bows and arrows prohibited
- § 18.2-136.1 — Enforcement of §§ 18.2-131 through 18.2-135
- § 18.2-137 — Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc
- § 18.2-138 — Damaging public buildings, etc.; penalty
- § 18.2-139 — Injuries to trees, fences or herbage on grounds of Capitol, or in any public square
- § 18.2-140 — Destruction of trees, shrubs, etc
- § 18.2-141 — Cutting or destroying trees; carrying axe, saw, etc., while hunting
- § 18.2-143 — Pulling down fences or leaving open gates
- § 18.2-144 — Maiming, killing or poisoning animals, fowl, etc
- § 18.2-144.1 — Prohibition against killing or injuring police animals; penalty
- § 18.2-144.2 — Prohibition against making a false representation of ownership of an animal to a public or private animal shelter; penalty
- § 18.2-145 — Protection of homing pigeons
- § 18.2-145.1 — Damaging or destroying research farm product; penalty; restitution
- § 18.2-146 — Breaking, injuring, defacing, destroying, or preventing the operation of vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel; penalties
- § 18.2-146.1 — Unlawful purchase or sale of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle; penalty
- § 18.2-146.2 — Interference with commercial fishing vessels or activity; penalty
- § 18.2-147 — Entering or setting in motion, vehicle, aircraft, boat, locomotive or rolling stock of railroad; exceptions
- § 18.2-147.1 — Breaking and entering into railroad cars, motortrucks, aircraft, etc., or pipeline systems
- § 18.2-147.2 — Devices for puncturing motor vehicle tires
- § 18.2-148 — Bona fide repossession under lien
- § 18.2-149 — Injury to hired animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat
- § 18.2-150 — Willfully destroying vessel, etc
- § 18.2-151 — Opening or carrying away pumps, etc., used for dispensing gasoline, etc
- § 18.2-151.1 — Injuring, destroying, removing, or tampering with firefighting equipment; penalty
- § 18.2-152 — Stealing from or tampering with parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, etc
- § 18.2-152.1 — Short title
- § 18.2-152.2 — Definitions; computer crimes
- § 18.2-152.3 — Computer fraud; penalty
- § 18.2-152.3:1 — Transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (spam); penalty
- § 18.2-152.4 — Computer trespass; penalty
- § 18.2-152.5 — Computer invasion of privacy; penalties
- § 18.2-152.5:1 — Using a computer to gather identifying information; penalties
- § 18.2-152.6 — Theft of computer services; penalties
- § 18.2-152.7 — Personal trespass by computer; penalty
- § 18.2-152.7:1 — Harassment by computer; penalty
- § 18.2-152.7:2 — Using computer to commit a scheme involving false representations; penalty
- § 18.2-152.8 — Property capable of embezzlement
- § 18.2-152.11 — Article not exclusive
- § 18.2-152.12 — Civil relief; damages
- § 18.2-152.14 — Computer as instrument of forgery
- § 18.2-152.15 — Encryption used in criminal activity
- § 18.2-152.17 — Fraudulent procurement, sale, or receipt of telephone records
- § 18.2-153 — Obstructing or injuring canal, railroad, power line, etc
- § 18.2-154 — Shooting at or throwing missiles, etc., at train, car, vessel, etc.; penalty
- § 18.2-155 — Injuring, etc., signal used by railroad
- § 18.2-156 — Taking or removing waste or packing from journal boxes
- § 18.2-157 — Injury to fences or cattle stops along line of railroad
- § 18.2-158 — Driving, etc., animal on track to recover damages
- § 18.2-159 — Trespassing on railroad track
- § 18.2-160 — Trespassing on railroad trains
- § 18.2-160.1 — Boarding or riding transportation district train without lawful payment of fare; penalty
- § 18.2-160.2 — Trespassing on public transportation or emergency vehicle; penalty
- § 18.2-160.3 — Fare enforcement inspectors; failure to produce proof of payment of fare; penalty
- § 18.2-162 — Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties
- § 18.2-162.1 — Diverting wastewater line; diverting or wasting public water supply
- § 18.2-163 — Tampering with metering device; diverting service; civil liability
- § 18.2-164 — Unlawful use of, or injury to, telephone and telegraph lines; copying or obstructing messages; penalty
- § 18.2-165 — Unlawful use of, or injury to, television or radio signals and equipment
- § 18.2-165.1 — Tampering with or unlawful use of cable television service
- § 18.2-165.2 — Unlawful interference with emergency two-way radio communications; penalty
- § 18.2-166 — Disclosing or inducing disclosure of certain information concerning customers of telephone companies
- § 18.2-167 — Selling or transferring certain telephonic instruments
- § 18.2-167.1 — Interception or monitoring of customer telephone calls; penalty
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