CODE OF VIRGINIA

DAMAGING PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ETC.; PENALTY (§ 18.2-138)

Any person who willfully and maliciously (i) breaks any window or door of the
Capitol, any courthouse, house of public worship, college, school house, city or
town hall, or other public building or library, (ii) damages or defaces the
Capitol or any other public building or any statuary in the Capitol, on the
Capitol Square, or in or on any other public buildings or public grounds, or
(iii) destroys any property in any of such buildings shall be guilty of a Class
6 felony if damage to the property is $ 1,000 or more or a Class 1 misdemeanor
if the damage is less than $ 1,000.Any person who willfully and unlawfully
damages or defaces any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, map, picture,
manuscript, or other property located in any library, reading room, museum, or
other educational institution shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony if damage to
the property is $ 1,000 or more or a Class 1 misdemeanor if the damage is less
than $ 1,000.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-177; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1990, c. 454.