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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57739</law_id><section_number>18.2-486</section_number><catch_line>Definition of flag, standard, etc</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="11">Offenses Against the Sovereignty of the Commonwealth</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Uniform Flag Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The words flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as used in this article, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States, or of this Commonwealth, or a copy, picture or representation thereof.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-423; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
