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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 1960, chapter 358; in 1968, chapter 362; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":[{"id":61280,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62664,"identifier":"18.2-86","token":"18.2\/5\/1\/18.2-86","url":"\/18.2-86\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-86\/","token":"18.2\/5\/1\/18.2-86","dublin_core":{"Title":"Setting fire to woods, fences, grass, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-86","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person maliciously set fire to any wood, fence, grass, straw or other thing capable of spreading fire on land, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSETTING FIRE TO WOODS, FENCES, GRASS, ETC (\u00a7 18.2-86)\n\nIf any person maliciously set fire to any wood, fence, grass, straw or other\nthing capable of spreading fire on land, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-82; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 362; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","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}}