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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56967</law_id><section_number>18.2-214</section_number><catch_line>Changing or removing, etc., trademarks, identification marks, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>59.1-68.2</reference><reference>59.1-68.3</reference><reference>59.1-68.4</reference><reference>59.1-68.5</reference></referred_to_by><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="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Misrepresentations and Other Offenses Connected With Sales</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person, firm, association or corporation who or which intentionally removes, defaces, alters, changes, destroys or obliterates in any manner or way or who causes to be removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed or obliterated in any manner or way any trademark, distinguishment or identification number, serial number or mark on or from any article or device, in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to secrete its identification with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defraud, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 59.1-42; 1968, c. 439; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
