2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-179 - Unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc

18.2-179. Unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vendingmachine, etc.

Any person who shall operate, cause to be operated, or attempt to operate orcause to be operated any coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machineor other machine that operates on the coin-in-the-slot principle, whether oflike kind or not, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United Statesof America, in connection with the use or enjoyment of telephone or telegraphservice, parking privileges or any other service, or the sale of merchandiseor other property, by means of a slug, or any false, counterfeit, mutilated,sweated or foreign coin, or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever,not authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone,parking meter, vending machine or other machine; or who shall obtain orreceive telephone or telegraph service, parking privileges, merchandise, orany other service or property from any such coin box telephone, parkingmeter, vending machine or other machines, designed only to receive lawfulcoin of the United States of America, without depositing in or surrenderingto such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, or other machinelawful coin of the United States of America to the amount required thereforby the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter,vending machine or other machine, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, 28.1-124; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)