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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-179 — Unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 3: False Pretenses, Code of Virginia.

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Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-179

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-179Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
Any person who shall operate, cause to be operated, or attempt to operate or cause to be operated any coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine that operates on the coin-in-the-slot principle, whether of like kind or not, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, in connection with the use or enjoyment of telephone or telegraph service, parking privileges or any other service, or the sale of merchandise or other property, by means of a slug, or any false, counterfeit, mutilated, sweated or foreign coin, or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever, not authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine; or who shall obtain or receive telephone or telegraph service, parking privileges, merchandise, or any other service or property from any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machines, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, without depositing in or surrendering to such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, or other machine lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

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Is unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?

Unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc is a class 3 misdemeanor in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-179.

Which Virginia statute covers unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc?

Unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-179 (Unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.