Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-143 — Pulling down fences or leaving open gates
Virginia § 18.2-143
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 5CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Art. 6DAMAGE TO REALTY AND PERSONALTY THEREON
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-143 (2026).
Text
If any person, without permission of the owner, pull down the fence of another and leave the same down, or, without permission, open and leave open the gate of another, or any gate across a public road established by order of court, or if any person other than the owner or owners of the lands through which a line of railroad runs open and leave open a gate at any public or private crossing of the right-of-way of a railroad, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-176; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Virginia § 18.2-143, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-143.