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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-488 — Mutilating, defacing, etc

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 2: Uniform Flag Act, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-488

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. § 18.2-488Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

No person shall publicly burn with contempt, mutilate, deface, defile, trample upon, or wear with intent to defile any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.

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