Virginia § 18.2-152 Stealing from or tampering with parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, etc

Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-152 — Stealing from or tampering with parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, etc

Virginia § 18.2-152

Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY

Ch. 5CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY

Art. 7DAMAGE TO AND TAMPERING WITH PROPERTY

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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-152 (2026).

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Any person who enters, forces or attempts to force an entrance into, tampers with, or inserts any part of an instrument into any parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, money changing machine, or any other device designed to receive money, with intent to steal therefrom, shall for the first conviction thereof be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and for any subsequent conviction of a violation thereof shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

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Any person who enters, forces or attempts to force an entrance into, tampers with, or inserts any part of an instrument into any parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, money changing machine, or any other device designed to receive money, with intent to steal therefrom, shall for the first conviction thereof be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and for any subsequent conviction of a violation thereof shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.