CODE OF VIRGINIA

REMOVAL OF SHOPPING CART FROM STORE PREMISES (§ 18.2-102.1)

(1. The term “shopping cart” when used in this section means those
push carts of the type or types which are commonly provided by grocery stores,
drugstores, or other merchant stores or markets for the use of the public in
transporting commodities in stores and markets from the store to a place outside
the store.

(2. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove a shopping cart from the
premises, of the owner of such shopping cart without the consent, of the owner
or of his agent, servant, or employee given at the time of such removal. For the
purpose of this section, the premises shall include all the parking area set
aside by the owner, or on behalf of the owner, for the parking of cars for the
convenience of the patrons of the owner.

(3. Any person convicted of a violation under subsection (2) shall be guilty of
a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-117.2; 1975, c. 269.