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§ 18.2-423.01 Burning object on property of another or a highway or other public place with intent to intimidate; penalty

A. Any person who, with the intent of intimidating any person or group of persons, burns an object on the private property of another without permission, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

B. Any person who, with the intent of intimidating any person or group of persons, burns an object on a highway or other public place in a manner having a direct tendency to place another person in reasonable fear or apprehension of death or bodily injury is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

History

This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 589 and 600 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2002, cc. 589, 600.

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