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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-503 — Possession or duplication of certain keys
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 3: Miscellaneous Offenses in General, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-503
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.
(a) No person shall knowingly possess any key to the lock of any building or other property owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a department, division, agency or political subdivision thereof, without receiving permission from a person duly authorized to give such permission to possess such key.
(b) No person, without receiving permission from a person duly authorized to give such permission, shall knowingly duplicate, copy or make a facsimile of any key to a lock of a building or other property owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a department, division, agency or political subdivision thereof.
Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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