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2019 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 5 - Crimes Against Property
§ 18.2-86. Setting fire to woods, fences, grass, etc.
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VA Code § 18.2-86 (2019)
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If any person maliciously set fire to any wood, fence, grass, straw or other thing capable of spreading fire on land, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Code 1950, ยง 18.1-82; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 362; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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