Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-177 — Illegal use of insignia
Virginia § 18.2-177
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 6CRIMES INVOLVING FRAUD
Art. 2IMPERSONATION
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-177 (2026).
Text
Any person who shall willfully wear, exhibit, display, print, or use, for any purpose, the badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette, or other insignia of any such association or organization mentioned in § 2.2-411, duly registered under Article 2 (§ 2.2-411 et seq.) of Chapter 4, Title 2.2, unless he shall be entitled to use and wear the same under the constitution and bylaws, rules and regulations of such association or organization, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 2.1-80; 1966, c. 677; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Virginia § 18.2-177, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-177.