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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78289</law_id><section_number>18.2-51.3</section_number><catch_line>Prohibition against reckless endangerment of others by throwing objects from places higher than one story; penalty</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>37.2-314</reference><reference>37.2-416.1</reference><reference>37.2-506.1</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="4">Crimes Against the Person</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Assaults and Bodily Woundings</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person, with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to cause injury to another, to intentionally throw from a balcony, roof top, or other place more than one story above ground level any <span class="dictionary">object</span> capable of causing any such injury. <a id="paragraph-280647" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-51.3/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-280648" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-51.3/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1990, c. 761.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
