                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SELLING OR TRANSFERRING CERTAIN TELEPHONIC INSTRUMENTS (§ 18.2-167)

a. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make, sell, offer or
advertise for sale, possess, or give or otherwise transfer to another any
instrument, apparatus, equipment, or device or plans or instructions for making
or assembling any instrument, apparatus, equipment or device which has been
designed, adapted, used, or employed with the intent or for the purpose of (1)
obtaining long distance toll telephone or telegraph service or the transmission
of a long distance toll message, signal, or other communication by telephone or
telegraph, or over telephone or telegraph facilities, without the payment of
charges for any such long distance message, signal or other communication; or
(2) concealing or assisting another to conceal from any supplier of telephone or
telegraph service or from any person charged with the responsibility of
enforcing this section, the existence or place of origin or of destination of
any long distance toll message, signal, or other communication by telephone or
telegraph, or over telephone or telegraph facilities. Persons violating any
provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

b. Any such instrument, apparatus, equipment or device, or plans or instructions
therefor, may be seized by court order or under a warrant; and, upon a final
conviction of any person owning the seized materials, or having any ownership
interest therein, for a violation of any provision of this section, the
instrument, apparatus, equipment, device, or plans or instructions shall be
ordered destroyed as contraband by the court in which the person is convicted.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-238.3; 1966, c. 445; 1975, cc. 14, 15.