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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 140 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 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 352.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165897,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60327,"identifier":"18.2-162.1","token":"18.2\/5\/8\/18.2-162.1","url":"\/18.2-162.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-162.1\/","token":"18.2\/5\/8\/18.2-162.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Diverting wastewater line; diverting or wasting public water supply","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-162.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who willfully and maliciously (i) diverts any public wastewater or sewer line or (ii) diverts or wastes any public water supply by tampering with any fire hydrant shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDIVERTING WASTEWATER LINE; DIVERTING OR WASTING PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY (\u00a7\n18.2-162.1)\n\nAny person who willfully and maliciously (i) diverts any public wastewater or\nsewer line or (ii) diverts or wastes any public water supply by tampering with\nany fire hydrant shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 140; 1992, c. 352.","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}}