                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRESPASS BY SPOTLIGHT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND (§ 18.2-121.2)

If any person shall willfully use a spotlight or similar lighting apparatus to
cast a light upon private property used for livestock or crops without the
written permission of the person in legal possession of such property, he shall
be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
		The prohibition of this section shall not apply to light cast by (i)
permanently installed outdoor lighting fixtures, (ii) headlamps on vehicles
moving in normal travel on public or private roads, (iii) railroad locomotives
or rolling stock being operated on the tracks or right-of-way of a railroad
company, (iv) aircraft or watercraft, (v) apparatus used by employees of any
public utility in maintaining the utility&#8217;s lines and equipment, (vi)
emergency medical services vehicles used by emergency medical services personnel
or fire apparatus used by members of fire departments in the performance of
their official duties, (vii) apparatus used by any law-enforcement officer in
the performance of his official duties, or (viii) farm machinery or motor
vehicles being used in normal farming operations.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 460; 2015, cc. 502, 503.