                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ANIMAL, AIRCRAFT, VEHICLE OR BOAT; CONSENT; ACCESSORIES OR
ACCOMPLICES (§ 18.2-102)

Any person who shall take, drive or use any animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or
vessel, not his own, without the consent of the owner thereof and in the absence
of the owner, and with intent temporarily to deprive the owner thereof of his
possession thereof, without intent to steal the same, shall be guilty of a Class
6 felony, provided, however, that if the value of such animal, aircraft,
vehicle, boat or vessel shall be less than $1,000, such person shall be guilty
of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The consent of the owner of an animal, aircraft,
vehicle, boat or vessel to its taking, driving or using shall not in any case be
presumed or implied because of such owner&#8217;s consent on a previous occasion
to the taking, driving or using of such animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or
vessel by the same or a different person. Any person who assists in, or is a
party or accessory to, or an accomplice in, any such unauthorized taking,
driving or using shall be subject to the same punishment as if he were the
principal offender.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-164; 1960, c. 358; 1970, c. 8; 1975, cc. 14, 15;
1981, c. 197; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.