Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org6496118.2-488Mutilating, defacing, etc2025Crimes and Offenses GenerallyOffenses Against the Sovereignty of the CommonwealthUniform Flag Act

No person shall publicly burn with contempt, mutilate, deface, defile, trample upon, or wear with intent to defile any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.

Code 1950, § 18.1-425; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 349; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 493.