Trespass to Realty

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This is Article 5 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Trespass to Realty.” It is part of Chapter 5 “Crimes Against Property”, which is part of Title 18.2 “Crimes and Offenses Generally”.

It’s comprised of the following 26 sections.

§ 18.2-119	Trespass after having been forbidden to do so; penalties
§ 18.2-119.1	Validity of signs forbidding trespass; penalty
§ 18.2-120	Instigating, etc., such trespass by others; preventing service to persons not forbidden to trespass
§ 18.2-121	Entering property of another for purpose of damaging it, etc.; penalties
§ 18.2-121.1	Permitting certain animals to run at large
§ 18.2-121.2	Trespass by spotlight on agricultural land
§ 18.2-121.3	Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalty
§ 18.2-122	Repealed
§ 18.2-123	Repealed
§ 18.2-124	Jurisdiction over offenses committed in Capitol Square
§ 18.2-125	Trespass at night upon any cemetery
§ 18.2-126	Violation of sepulture; defilement of a dead human body; penalties
§ 18.2-127	Injuries to churches, church property, cemeteries, burial grounds, etc.; penalty
§ 18.2-128	Trespass upon church or school property
§ 18.2-129	Repealed
§ 18.2-130	Peeping or spying into dwelling or enclosure
§ 18.2-130.1	Peeping or spying into dwelling or occupied building by electronic device or unmanned aircraft system; penalty
§ 18.2-131	Trespass upon licensed shooting preserve
§ 18.2-132	Trespass by hunters and fishers
§ 18.2-132.1	Trespass by hunters using dogs; penalty
§ 18.2-133	Refusal of person on land, etc., of another to identify himself
§ 18.2-134	Trespass on posted property
§ 18.2-134.1	Method of posting lands
§ 18.2-135	Destruction of posted signs; posting land of another
§ 18.2-136	Right of certain hunters to go on lands of another; carrying firearms or bows and arrows prohibited
§ 18.2-136.1	Enforcement of §§ 18.2-131 through 18.2-135