                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DESTRUCTION OF TREES, SHRUBS, ETC (§ 18.2-140)

It shall be unlawful for any person to pick, pull, pull up, tear, tear up, dig,
dig up, cut, break, injure, burn or destroy, in whole or in part, any tree,
shrub, vine, plant, flower or turf found, growing or being upon the land of
another, or upon any land reserved, set aside or maintained by the Commonwealth
as a public park, or as a refuge or sanctuary for wild animals, birds or fish,
or upon any land reserved, set aside or maintained as a public park by a park
authority created under the provisions of § 15.2-5702, without having
previously obtained the permission in writing of such other or his agent or of
the superintendent or custodian of such park, refuge or sanctuary so to do,
unless the same be done under the personal direction of such owner, his agent,
tenant or lessee or superintendent or custodian of such park, refuge or
sanctuary.
		Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor;
provided, however, that the approval of the owner, his agent, tenant or lessee,
or the superintendent or custodian of such park or sanctuary afterwards given in
writing or in open court shall be a bar to further prosecution or suit.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-178; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 757;
1998, c. 81.