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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1983, chapter 613; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83742,"section_number":"15.2-2108.23","catch_line":"Regulation of rights-of-way; fees","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.23\/"},{"id":81245,"section_number":"15.2-2108.30","catch_line":"Renewal","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2108.30\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154373,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62360,"identifier":"15.2-2107","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1\/15.2-2107","url":"\/15.2-2107\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2107\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/1\/15.2-2107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Persons occupying or using streets, etc., contrary to law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person occupying or using any of the streets, avenues, parks, bridges or any other public places or public property or any public easement of any description of a city<\/span> or town<\/span>, in a manner not permitted to the general public, without having first legally obtained the consent of the city<\/span> or town<\/span> shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>. Each day’s continuance<\/span> thereof shall be a separate offense<\/span>. Such occupancy or use shall be deemed a nuisance. The court<\/span> trying the case may cause the nuisance to be abated and commit the offenders and all their agents and employees engaged in such offenses<\/span> to jail until the order<\/span> of the court<\/span> is obeyed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERSONS OCCUPYING OR USING STREETS, ETC., CONTRARY TO LAW (\u00a7 15.2-2107)\n\nAny person occupying or using any of the streets, avenues, parks, bridges or any\nother public places or public property or any public easement of any description\nof a city or town, in a manner not permitted to the general public, without\nhaving first legally obtained the consent of the city or town shall be guilty of\na Class 4 misdemeanor. Each day’s continuance thereof shall be a separate\noffense. Such occupancy or use shall be deemed a nuisance. The court trying the\ncase may cause the nuisance to be abated and commit the offenders and all their\nagents and employees engaged in such offenses to jail until the order of the\ncourt is obeyed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-736; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-316; 1983, c. 613; 1997, c.\n587.","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}}