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Chapter 5. Crimes Against PropertyRead Chapter
- Article 1. Arson and Related CrimesRead all
- § 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 or damage 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
- Article 2. Burglary and Related OffensesRead all
- § 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.
- Article 3. Larceny and Receiving Stolen GoodsRead all
- § 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
- § 18.2-98.1
- Repealed
- § 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
- § 18.2-104
- Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor larceny
- § 18.2-104.1
- Liability upon conviction under § 18.2-103
- § 18.2-105
- Repealed
- § 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
- Repealed
- Article 6. Damage to Realty and Personalty ThereonRead all
- § 18.2-137
- Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc.
- § 18.2-138
- Damaging public buildings, etc.; penalty
- § 18.2-138.1
- Repealed
- § 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
- § 18.2-142
- Repealed
- § 18.2-143
- Pulling down fences or leaving open gates
- Article 7. Damage to and Tampering with PropertyRead all
- § 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 or boat
- § 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.
- Article 8. Offenses Relating to Railroads and Other UtilitiesRead all
- § 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; penalty
- § 18.2-160.3
- Fare enforcement inspectors; failure to produce proof of payment of fare; penalty
- § 18.2-161
- Repealed
- § 18.2-162
- Damage or trespass to public services or utilities
- § 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