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This is Article 7 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Damage to and Tampering With Property.” 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 17 sections.
§ 18.2-144 Maiming, killing or poisoning animals, fowl, etc
§ 18.2-144.1 Prohibition against killing or injuring police animals; penalty
§ 18.2-144.2 Prohibition against making a false representation of ownership of an animal to a public or private animal shelter; penalty
§ 18.2-145 Protection of homing pigeons
§ 18.2-145.1 Damaging or destroying research farm product; penalty; restitution
§ 18.2-146 Breaking, injuring, defacing, destroying, or preventing the operation of vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel; penalties
§ 18.2-146.1 Unlawful purchase or sale of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle; penalty
§ 18.2-146.2 Interference with commercial fishing vessels or activity; penalty
§ 18.2-147 Entering or setting in motion, vehicle, aircraft, boat, locomotive or rolling stock of railroad; exceptions
§ 18.2-147.1 Breaking and entering into railroad cars, motortrucks, aircraft, etc., or pipeline systems
§ 18.2-147.2 Devices for puncturing motor vehicle tires
§ 18.2-148 Bona fide repossession under lien
§ 18.2-149 Injury to hired animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat
§ 18.2-150 Willfully destroying vessel, etc
§ 18.2-151 Opening or carrying away pumps, etc., used for dispensing gasoline, etc
§ 18.2-151.1 Injuring, destroying, removing, or tampering with firefighting equipment; penalty
§ 18.2-152 Stealing from or tampering with parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, etc