Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-165 Unlawful use of, or injury to, television or radio signals and equipment

§ 18.2-165. Unlawful use of, or injury to, television or radio signals and equipment

Any person who shall willfully or maliciously break, injure or otherwise destroy or damage any of the posts, wires, towers or other materials or fixtures employed in the construction or use of any line of a television coaxial cable, or a microwave radio system, or willfully or maliciously interfere with such structure so erected, or in any way attempt to lead from its uses or make use of the electrical signal or any portion thereof properly belonging to or in use or in readiness to be made use of for the purpose of using said electrical signal from any television coaxial cable company or microwave system or owner of such property, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-157; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)

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