Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 5 - Crimes Against Property

§ 18.2-82. Burning building or structure while in such building or structure with intent to commit felony - If any person while in any building or other structure...

§ 18.2-83. Threats to bomb or damage buildings or means of transportation; false information as to danger to such buildings, etc.; punishment; venue - A. Any person (i) who makes and communicates to another...

§ 18.2-84. Causing, inciting, etc., commission of act proscribed by § 18.2-83 - Any person fifteen years of age or over, including the...

§ 18.2-85. Manufacture, possession, use, etc., of fire bombs or explosive materials or devices; penalties - For the purpose of this section: "Device" means any instrument,...

§ 18.2-86. Setting fire to woods, fences, grass, etc. - If any person maliciously set fire to any wood, fence,...

§ 18.2-87. Setting woods, etc., on fire intentionally whereby another is damaged or jeopardized - Any person who intentionally sets or procures another to set...

§ 18.2-87.1. Setting off chemical bombs capable of producing smoke in certain public buildings - It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and...

§ 18.2-88. Carelessly damaging property by fire - If any person carelessly, negligently or intentionally set any woods...

§ 18.2-89. Burglary; how punished - If any person break and enter the dwelling house of...

§ 18.2-90. Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson; penalty - If any person in the nighttime enters without breaking or...

§ 18.2-91. Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit larceny, assault and battery or other felony - If any person commits any of the acts mentioned in...

§ 18.2-92. Breaking and entering dwelling house with intent to commit other misdemeanor - If any person break and enter a dwelling house while...

§ 18.2-93. Entering bank, armed, with intent to commit larceny - If any person, armed with a deadly weapon, shall enter...

§ 18.2-94. Possession of burglarious tools, etc. - If any person have in his possession any tools, implements...

§ 18.2-95. Grand larceny defined; how punished - Any person who (i) commits larceny from the person of...

§ 18.2-96. Petit larceny defined; how punished - Any person who: 1. Commits larceny from the person of...

§ 18.2-96.1. Identification of certain personalty - A. The owner of personal property may permanently mark such...

§ 18.2-97. Larceny of certain animals and poultry - Any person who shall be guilty of the larceny of...

§ 18.2-97.1. Removal of a transmitting device; penalty - Any person who removes an electronic or radio transmitting device...

§ 18.2-98. Larceny of bank notes, checks, etc., or any book of accounts - If any person steal any bank note, check, or other...

§ 18.2-98.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 751.

§ 18.2-99. Larceny of things fixed to the freehold - Things which savor of the realty, and are at the...

§ 18.2-100. Removal of crop by tenant before rents and advances are satisfied - It shall be unlawful for any person renting the lands...

§ 18.2-101. Selling, etc., of goods distrained or levied on - If any person fraudulently sell, pledge, encumber, remove, destroy, receive...

§ 18.2-102. Unauthorized use of animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat; consent; accessories or accomplices - Any person who shall take, drive or use any animal,...

§ 18.2-102.1. Removal of shopping cart from store premises - (1) The term "shopping cart" when used in this section...

§ 18.2-102.2. Unauthorized use of dairy milk cases or milk crates; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person to: 1. Buy,...

§ 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 - Whoever, without authority, with the intention of converting goods or...

§ 18.2-104. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 192, cl....

§ 18.2-104.1. Liability upon conviction under § 18.2-103 - Any person who has been convicted of violating the provisions...

§ 18.2-105. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 462.

§ 18.2-105.1. Detention of suspected shoplifter - A merchant, agent or employee of the merchant, who has...

§ 18.2-105.2. Manufacture, sale, etc., of devices to shield against electronic detection of shoplifting prohibited; penalty - It shall be unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer for sale,...

§ 18.2-106. "Agents of the merchant" defined - As used in this article "agents of the merchant" shall...

§ 18.2-107. Theft or destruction of public records by others than officers - If any person steal or fraudulently secrete or destroy a...

§ 18.2-108. Receiving, etc., stolen goods - A. If any person buys or receives from another person,...

§ 18.2-108.01. Larceny with intent to sell or distribute; sale of stolen property; penalty - A. Any person who commits larceny of property with a...

§ 18.2-108.1. Receipt of stolen firearm - Notwithstanding the provisions of § 18.2-108, any person who buys...

§ 18.2-109. Receipt or transfer of possession of stolen vehicle, aircraft or boat - Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title...

§ 18.2-110. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 995.

§ 18.2-111. Embezzlement deemed larceny; indictment - If any person wrongfully and fraudulently use, dispose of, conceal...

§ 18.2-111.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459.

§ 18.2-111.2. Failure to pay withheld child support; embezzlement - If any employer withholds money from the pay of his...

§ 18.2-112. Embezzlement by officers, etc., of public or other funds; default in paying over funds evidence of guilt - If any officer, agent or employee of the Commonwealth or...

§ 18.2-112.1. Misuse of public assets; penalty - A. For purposes of this section, "public assets" means personal...

§ 18.2-113. Fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock companies or corporations; penalty - If any officer or clerk of any financial institution, joint...

§ 18.2-114. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459.

§ 18.2-114.1. When collection of money by commissioner, etc., larceny - If any special commissioner or receiver, appointed by any court...

§ 18.2-115. Fraudulent conversion or removal of property subject to lien or title to which is in another - Whenever any person is in possession of any personal property,...

§ 18.2-115.1. Unlawful sublease of a motor vehicle; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person, for profit...

§ 18.2-116. Failure to pay for or return goods delivered for selection or approval - If any person shall solicit and obtain from any merchant...

§ 18.2-117. Failure of bailee to return animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat - If any person comes into the possession as bailee of...

§ 18.2-118. Fraudulent conversion or removal of leased personal property - A. Whenever any person is in possession or control of...

§ 18.2-119. Trespass after having been forbidden to do so; penalties - If any person without authority of law goes upon or...

§ 18.2-119.1. Validity of signs forbidding trespass; penalty - If any person knowingly and intentionally posts No Trespassing signs...

§ 18.2-120. Instigating, etc., such trespass by others; preventing service to persons not forbidden to trespass - If any person shall solicit, urge, encourage, exhort, instigate or...

§ 18.2-121. Entering property of another for purpose of damaging it, etc. - A. As used in this section, "disability" means a physical...

§ 18.2-121.1. Permitting certain animals to run at large - The owner or manager of any animal mentioned in §...

§ 18.2-121.2. Trespass by spotlight on agricultural land - If any person shall willfully use a spotlight or similar...

§ 18.2-121.3. Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalty - A. Any person who knowingly and intentionally causes an unmanned...

§ 18.2-122. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 6.

§ 18.2-123. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459.

§ 18.2-124. Jurisdiction over offenses committed in Capitol Square - The Circuit Court of the City of Richmond shall have...

§ 18.2-125. Trespass at night upon any cemetery - If any person, without the consent of the owner, proprietor...

§ 18.2-126. Violation of sepulture; defilement of a dead human body; penalties - A. If a person unlawfully disinters or displaces a dead...

§ 18.2-127. Injuries to churches, church property, cemeteries, burial grounds, etc.; penalty - A. Any person who willfully or maliciously commits any of...

§ 18.2-128. Trespass upon church or school property - A. Any person who, without the consent of some person...

§ 18.2-129. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 680.

§ 18.2-130. Peeping or spying into dwelling or enclosure - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter...

§ 18.2-130.1. Peeping or spying into dwelling or occupied building by electronic device; penalty - It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and intentionally...

§ 18.2-131. Trespass upon licensed shooting preserve - It shall be unlawful for any person to trespass on...

§ 18.2-132. Trespass by hunters and fishers - Any person who goes on the lands, waters, ponds, boats...

§ 18.2-132.1. Trespass by hunters using dogs; penalty - Any person who intentionally releases hunting dogs on the lands...

§ 18.2-133. Refusal of person on land, etc., of another to identify himself - Any person who goes on the lands, waters, ponds, boats...

§ 18.2-134. Trespass on posted property - Any person who goes on the lands, waters, ponds, boats...

§ 18.2-134.1. Method of posting lands - A. The owner or lessee of property described in §...

§ 18.2-135. Destruction of posted signs; posting land of another - Any person who shall mutilate, destroy or take down any...

§ 18.2-136. Right of certain hunters to go on lands of another; carrying firearms or bows and arrows prohibited - Fox hunters and coon hunters, when the chase begins on...

§ 18.2-136.1. Enforcement of §§ 18.2-131 through 18.2-135 - Conservation police officers, sheriffs and all other law-enforcement officers shall...

§ 18.2-137. Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc. - A. If any person unlawfully destroys, defaces, damages, or removes...

§ 18.2-138. Damaging public buildings, etc.; penalty - Any person who willfully and maliciously (i) breaks any window...

§ 18.2-138.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 462.

§ 18.2-139. Injuries to trees, fences or herbage on grounds of Capitol, or in any public square - If any person: (1) Cut down, pull up, girdle or...

§ 18.2-140. Destruction of trees, shrubs, etc. - It shall be unlawful for any person to pick, pull,...

§ 18.2-141. Cutting or destroying trees; carrying axe, saw, etc., while hunting - It shall be unlawful for any person while hunting for...

§ 18.2-142. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 252.

§ 18.2-143. Pulling down fences or leaving open gates - If any person, without permission of the owner, pull down...

§ 18.2-144. Maiming, killing or poisoning animals, fowl, etc. - Except as otherwise provided for by law, if any person...

§ 18.2-144.1. Prohibition against killing or injuring police animals; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously shoot,...

§ 18.2-144.2. Prohibition against making a false representation of ownership of an animal to a public or private animal shelter; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver...

§ 18.2-145. Protection of homing pigeons - It shall be unlawful for any person at any time...

§ 18.2-145.1. Damaging or destroying research farm product; penalty; restitution - A. Any person or entity that (i) maliciously damages or...

§ 18.2-146. Breaking, injuring, defacing, destroying, or preventing the operation of vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel; penalties - Any person who shall individually or in association with one...

§ 18.2-147. Entering or setting in motion, vehicle, aircraft, boat, locomotive or rolling stock of railroad; exceptions - Any person who shall, without the consent of the owner...

§ 18.2-147.1. Breaking and entering into railroad cars, motortrucks, aircraft, etc., or pipeline systems - Any person who breaks the seal or lock of any...

§ 18.2-147.2. Devices for puncturing motor vehicle tires - It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute,...

§ 18.2-148. Bona fide repossession under lien - The provisions of §§ 18.2-102, 18.2-146 and 18.2-147 shall not...

§ 18.2-149. Injury to hired animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat - If any person after having rented or leased from any...

§ 18.2-150. Willfully destroying vessel, etc. - If any person willfully scuttle, cast away or otherwise dispose...

§ 18.2-151. Opening or carrying away pumps, etc., used for dispensing gasoline, etc. - If any person, with intent to commit larceny therefrom, break...

§ 18.2-151.1. Injuring, destroying, removing, or tampering with firefighting equipment; penalty - Any person who injures, destroys, removes, tampers with, or otherwise...

§ 18.2-152. Stealing from or tampering with parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, etc. - Any person who enters, forces or attempts to force an...

§ 18.2-152.1. Short title - This article shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 18.2-152.2. Definitions; computer crimes - For purposes of this article: "Commercial electronic mail" means electronic...

§ 18.2-152.3. Computer fraud; penalty - Any person who uses a computer or computer network, without...

§ 18.2-152.3:1. Transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (spam); penalty - A. Any person who: 1. Uses a computer or computer...

§ 18.2-152.4. Computer trespass; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person, with malicious intent,...

§ 18.2-152.5. Computer invasion of privacy; penalties - A. A person is guilty of the crime of computer...

§ 18.2-152.5:1. Using a computer to gather identifying information; penalties - A. It is unlawful for any person, other than a...

§ 18.2-152.6. Theft of computer services; penalties - Any person who willfully obtains computer services without authority is...

§ 18.2-152.7. Personal trespass by computer; penalty - A. A person is guilty of the crime of personal...

§ 18.2-152.7:1. Harassment by computer; penalty - If any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or...

§ 18.2-152.7:2. Using computer to commit a scheme involving false representations; penalty - Any person who, without the intent to receive any direct...

§ 18.2-152.8. Property capable of embezzlement - For purposes of §§ 18.2-95, 18.2-96, 18.2-108, and 18.2-111, personal...

§ 18.2-152.9. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, cc. 746, 761, and 827, cl....

§ 18.2-152.11. Article not exclusive - The provisions of this article shall not be construed to...

§ 18.2-152.12. Civil relief; damages - A. Any person whose property or person is injured by...

§ 18.2-152.13. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 709, cl. 2.

§ 18.2-152.14. Computer as instrument of forgery - The creation, alteration, or deletion of any computer data contained...

§ 18.2-152.15. Encryption used in criminal activity - Any person who willfully uses encryption to further any criminal...

§ 18.2-152.16. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 995.

§ 18.2-152.17. Fraudulent procurement, sale, or receipt of telephone records - A. Whoever (i) knowingly procures, attempts to procure, solicits, or...

§ 18.2-153. Obstructing or injuring canal, railroad, power line, etc. - If any person maliciously obstruct, remove or injure any part...

§ 18.2-154. Shooting at or throwing missiles, etc., at train, car, vessel, etc.; penalty - Any person who maliciously shoots at, or maliciously throws any...

§ 18.2-155. Injuring, etc., signal used by railroad - If any person maliciously injure, destroy, molest, or remove any...

§ 18.2-156. Taking or removing waste or packing from journal boxes - If any person shall willfully and maliciously take or remove...

§ 18.2-157. Injury to fences or cattle stops along line of railroad - Any person who shall willfully or maliciously cut, break down,...

§ 18.2-158. Driving, etc., animal on track to recover damages - If any person, with a view to the recovery of...

§ 18.2-159. Trespassing on railroad track - Any person who goes upon the track of a railroad...

§ 18.2-160. Trespassing on railroad trains - If any person, not being a passenger or employee, shall...

§ 18.2-160.1. Boarding or riding transportation district train without lawful payment of fare; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to board or...

§ 18.2-160.2. Trespassing on public transportation; penalty - Any person who enters or remains upon or within a...

§ 18.2-160.3. Fare enforcement inspectors; failure to produce proof of payment of fare; penalty - A. For the purposes of this section, "eligible entity" means...

§ 18.2-161. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459.

§ 18.2-162. Damage or trespass to public services or utilities - Any person who shall intentionally destroy or damage any facility...

§ 18.2-162.1. Diverting wastewater line; diverting or wasting public water supply - Any person who willfully and maliciously (i) diverts any public...

§ 18.2-163. Tampering with metering device; diverting service; civil liability - A. Any person who (i) tampers with any metering device...

§ 18.2-164. Unlawful use of, or injury to, telephone and telegraph lines; copying or obstructing messages; penalty - A. If any person commits any of the following acts,...

§ 18.2-165. Unlawful use of, or injury to, television or radio signals and equipment - Any person who shall willfully or maliciously break, injure or...

§ 18.2-165.1. Tampering with or unlawful use of cable television service - Any person who (i) shall knowingly obtain or attempt to...

§ 18.2-165.2. Unlawful interference with emergency two-way radio communications; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly...

§ 18.2-166. Disclosing or inducing disclosure of certain information concerning customers of telephone companies - Any person: (1) Who is an employee of a telephone...

§ 18.2-167. Selling or transferring certain telephonic instruments - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to...

§ 18.2-167.1. Interception or monitoring of customer telephone calls; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation...

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Code of Virginia Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally Chapter 5 - Crimes Against Property

Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 5 - Crimes Against Property