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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85411</law_id><section_number>46.2-832</section_number><catch_line>Damaging or removing traffic control devices, work signs, or street address signs</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="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Traffic Signs, Lights, and Markings</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who intentionally defaces, <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, knocks down, without authorization interferes with the effective operation of, or removes any (i) <span class="dictionary">traffic control device</span>, (ii) temporary sign approved by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Transportation warning motorists that work is in progress on or adjacent to the <span class="dictionary">highway</span> or that certain <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> may be entering the <span class="dictionary">highway</span>, or (iii) street address sign posted to assist in address identification in connection with enhanced 9-1-1 service as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/56-484.12/">56-484.12</a> is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-188; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-175; 1989, c. 727; 2003, c. 134; 2004, c. 291; 2013, cc. 128, 400; 2023, c. 472.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
