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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72550</law_id><section_number>18.2-423</section_number><catch_line>Burning cross on property of another or public place with intent to intimidate; penalty; prima facie evidence of intent</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>53.1-202.3</reference><reference>53.1-40.02</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="9">Crimes Against Peace and Order</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Activities Tending to Cause Violence</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> of intimidating any person or group of persons, to burn, or cause to be burned, a cross on the property of another, a highway or other public place. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.
		Any such burning of a cross shall be prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of an <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to intimidate a person or group of persons.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.1-365 through 18.1-367; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 350; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 337.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
