Virginia Statutes
§ 42.1-72 — Injuring or destroying books and other property of libraries
Virginia § 42.1-72
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 42.1-72 (2026).
Text
Any person who willfully, maliciously or wantonly writes upon, injures, defaces, tears, cuts, mutilates, or destroys any book or other library property belonging to or in the custody of any public, county or regional library, The Library of Virginia, other repository of public records, museums or any library or collection belonging to or in the custody of any educational, eleemosynary, benevolent, hereditary, historical library or patriotic institution, organization or society, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 42-20; 1970, c. 606; 1975, c. 318; 1994, c. 64.
Nearby Sections
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§ 42.1-1
The Library of Virginia§ 42.1-14
Compensation§ 42.1-15
Duties of Librarian of Virginia§ 42.1-16
Bond of Librarian of Virginia§ 42.1-17
Repealed§ 42.1-19
Repealed§ 42.1-2.1
Executive committee§ 42.1-20
RepealedCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Virginia § 42.1-72, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/42.1/42.1-72.