Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-503 — Possession or duplication of certain keys
Virginia § 18.2-503
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 12MISCELLANEOUS
Art. 3MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES IN GENERAL
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-503 (2026).
Text
(a)No person shall knowingly possess any key to the lock of any building or other property owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a department, division, agency or political subdivision thereof, without receiving permission from a person duly authorized to give such permission to possess such key.
(b)No person, without receiving permission from a person duly authorized to give such permission, shall knowingly duplicate, copy or make a facsimile of any key to a lock of a building or other property owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia, or a department, division, agency or political subdivision thereof.
Violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-408.1; 1972, c. 139; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1984, c. 61.
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Virginia § 18.2-503, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-503.