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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73217</law_id><section_number>18.2-102.2</section_number><catch_line>Unauthorized use of dairy milk cases or milk crates; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Crimes Against Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Larceny and Receiving Stolen Goods</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Buy, sell, or dispose of any <span class="dictionary">milk case</span> or <span class="dictionary">milk crate</span> bearing the name or label of the owner without the written consent of the owner or his designated agent; <a id="paragraph-263567" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-102.2/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Refuse, upon written demand of the owner or his designated agent, to return to the owner or his designated agent any <span class="dictionary">milk case</span> or <span class="dictionary">milk crate</span> bearing the name or label of the owner; or <a id="paragraph-263568" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-102.2/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Deface, obliterate, erase, cover up, or otherwise remove or conceal any name, label, registered trademark, insignia, or other business identification of an owner of a <span class="dictionary">milk case</span> or <span class="dictionary">milk crate</span> without the consent of the owner, for the purpose of destroying or removing from the <span class="dictionary">milk case</span> or <span class="dictionary">milk crate</span> <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of its ownership.
			A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.
			For purposes of this section, <span class="dictionary">milk cases</span> or <span class="dictionary">milk crates</span> shall be deemed to bear a name or label of an owner when there is imprinted or attached on the case or crate a name, insignia, mark, business identification, or label showing ownership or sufficient information to ascertain ownership. The term &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">milk case</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">milk crate</span>&#x201D; means a wire or plastic container which holds sixteen quarts or more of beverage and is used by distributors or retailers or their agents as a means to transport, store, or carry dairy products. <a id="paragraph-263569" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-102.2/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 452.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
