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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59453</law_id><section_number>18.2-490</section_number><catch_line>Penalty</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>Any violation of this article shall be punishable as a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.
		The provisions of this section shall not apply to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Flag at half staff or mast for certain public safety personnel killed in the line of duty" href="/18.2-488.1/">18.2-488.1</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-427; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 349; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2012, c. 767.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
