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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>363618</law_id><section_number>42.1-74.1</section_number><catch_line>&amp;#8220;Book or other library property&amp;#8221; defined</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="93" identifier="42.1">Libraries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The terms &#x201C;book or other library property&#x201D; as used in this chapter shall include any book, plate, picture, photograph, engraving, painting, drawing, map, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, broadside, manuscript, document, letter, public record, microform, sound recording, audiovisual <span class="dictionary">materials</span> in any format, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data processing records, artifacts, or other documentary, written, or printed <span class="dictionary">material</span>, regardless of physical form or characteristics, belonging to, on loan to, or otherwise in the <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of any library, museum, repository of public or other records institution as specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Injuring or destroying books and other property of libraries" href="/42.1-72/">42.1-72</a>.</p></section></text><history>1975, c. 318.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
