CODE OF VIRGINIA

BURNING CROSS ON PROPERTY OF ANOTHER OR PUBLIC PLACE WITH INTENT TO INTIMIDATE;
PENALTY; PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF INTENT (§ 18.2-423)

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, with the intent of intimidating
any person or group of persons, to burn, or cause to be burned, a cross on the
property of another, a highway or other public place. Any person who shall
violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.Any
such burning of a cross shall be prima facie evidence of an intent to intimidate
a person or group of persons.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 18.1-365 through 18.1-367; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 350;
1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 337.