Virginia § 18.2-165 Unlawful use of, or injury to, television or radio signals and equipment

Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-165 — Unlawful use of, or injury to, television or radio signals and equipment

Virginia § 18.2-165

Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY

Ch. 5CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY

Art. 8OFFENSES RELATING TO RAILROADS AND OTHER UTILITIES

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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-165 (2026).

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Any person who shall willfully or maliciously break, injure or otherwise destroy or damage any of the posts, wires, towers or other materials or fixtures employed in the construction or use of any line of a television coaxial cable, or a microwave radio system, or willfully or maliciously interfere with such structure so erected, or in any way attempt to lead from its uses or make use of the electrical signal or any portion thereof properly belonging to or in use or in readiness to be made use of for the purpose of using said electrical signal from any television coaxial cable company or microwave system or owner of such property, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

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Any person who shall willfully or maliciously break, injure or otherwise destroy or damage any of the posts, wires, towers or other materials or fixtures employed in the construction or use of any line of a television coaxial cable, or a microwave radio system, or willfully or maliciously interfere with such structure so erected, or in any way attempt to lead from its uses or make use of the electrical signal or any portion thereof properly belonging to or in use or in readiness to be made use of for the purpose of using said electrical signal from any television coaxial cable company or microwave system or owner of such property, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.