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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70290</law_id><section_number>18.2-157</section_number><catch_line>Injury to fences or cattle stops along line of railroad</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="8">Offenses Relating to Railroads and Other Utilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who shall willfully or maliciously cut, break down, injure or destroy any fence erected along the line of any railroad for the purpose of fencing the track or depot grounds of such road, or shall break down, injure or destroy any cattle stop along the line of any railroad, shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-155; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
