                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROPERTY PAWNED OR PURCHASED NOT TO BE DISFIGURED OR CHANGED (§ 54.1-4012)

No property received on deposit or pledged or purchased by any pawnbroker shall
be disfigured or its identity destroyed or affected in any manner (i) so long as
it continues in pawn or in the possession of the pawnbroker while in pawn or
(ii) in an effort to obtain a serial number or other information for
identification purposes.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-855; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 848; 1999, c. 327; 2003,
c. 448.