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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 424 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1988, chapter 891; in 1989, chapter 656.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":147065,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86677,"identifier":"10.1-2306","token":"10.1\/III\/23\/10.1-2306","url":"\/10.1-2306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-2306\/","token":"10.1\/III\/23\/10.1-2306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Violations; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-2306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It is unlawful to intentionally deface, damage, destroy, displace, disturb, or remove any object of antiquity<\/span> on any designated state archaeological site<\/span>, state-controlled land<\/span>, or land owned by a battlefield preservation organization<\/span> or on which such organization holds an easement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVIOLATIONS; PENALTY (\u00a7 10.1-2306)\n\nA. It is unlawful to intentionally deface, damage, destroy, displace, disturb,\nor remove any object of antiquity on any designated state archaeological site,\nstate-controlled land, or land owned by a battlefield preservation organization\nor on which such organization holds an easement.\n\nB. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 424, \u00a7 10-150.10; 1988, c. 891, \u00a7 10.1-906; 1989, c. 656;\n2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 59.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}