Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Chapter 5 Crimes Against Property

18.2-77 Burning or destroying dwelling house, etc
A. If any person maliciously (i) burns, or by use of any explosive device or substance destroys, in whole or in part, or causes to ...
18.2-78 What not deemed dwelling house
No outhouse, not adjoining a dwelling house, nor under the same roof, although within the curtilage thereof, shall be deemed a part of such dwelling ...
18.2-79 Burning or destroying meeting house, etc
If any person maliciously burns, or by the use of any explosive device or substance, maliciously destroys, in whole or in part, or causes to ...
18.2-80 Burning or destroying any other building or structure
If any person maliciously, or with intent to defraud an insurance company or other person, burn, or by the use of any explosive device or ...
18.2-81 Burning or destroying personal property, standing grain, etc
If any person maliciously, or with intent to defraud an insurance company or other person, set fire to or burn or destroy by any explosive ...
18.2-82 Burning building or structure while in such building or structure with intent to commit felon...
If any person while in any building or other structure unlawfully, with intent to commit a felony therein, shall burn or cause to be burned, ...
18.2-83 Threats to bomb or damage buildings or means of transportation; false information as to danger to s...
A. Any person (a) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy or in any manner damage any ...
18.2-84 Causing, inciting, etc., commission of act proscribed by { 18.2-83
Any person fifteen years of age or over, including the parent of any child, who shall cause, encourage, incite, entice or solicit any person, including ...
18.2-85 Manufacture, possession, use, etc., of fire bombs or explosive materials or devices; penaltie...
For the purpose of this section: "Device" means any instrument, apparatus or contrivance, including its component parts, that is capable of producing or intended to ...
18.2-86 Setting fire to woods, fences, grass, etc
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 ...
18.2-87 Setting woods, etc., on fire intentionally whereby another is damaged or jeopardized
Any person who intentionally sets or procures another to set fire to any woods, brush, leaves, grass, straw, or any other inflammable substance capable of ...
18.2-87.1 Setting off chemical bombs capable of producing smoke in certain public buildings
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and intentionally set off or cause to be set off any chemical bomb capable of producing ...
18.2-88 Carelessly damaging property by fire
If any person carelessly, negligently or intentionally set any woods or marshes on fire, or set fire to any stubble, brush, straw, or any other ...
18.2-89 Burglary; how punished
If any person break and enter the dwelling house of another in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony or any larceny therein, he ...
18.2-90 Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson; penalt...
If any person in the nighttime enters without breaking or in the daytime breaks and enters or enters and conceals himself in a dwelling house ...
18.2-91 Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit larceny, assault and battery or other felon...
If any person commits any of the acts mentioned in § 18.2-90 with intent to commit larceny, or any felony other than murder, rape, robbery ...
18.2-92 Breaking and entering dwelling house with intent to commit other misdemeanor
If any person break and enter a dwelling house while said dwelling is occupied, either in the day or nighttime, with the intent to commit ...
18.2-93 Entering bank, armed, with intent to commit larceny
If any person, armed with a deadly weapon, shall enter any banking house, in the daytime or in the nighttime, with intent to commit larceny ...
18.2-94 Possession of burglarious tools, etc
If any person have in his possession any tools, implements or outfit, with intent to commit burglary, robbery or larceny, upon conviction thereof he shall ...
18.2-95 Grand larceny defined; how punished
Any person who (i) commits larceny from the person of another of money or other thing of value of $5 or more, (ii) commits simple ...
18.2-96 Petit larceny defined; how punished
Any person who: 1. Commits larceny from the person of another of money or other thing of value of less than $5, or 2. Commits ...
18.2-96.1 Identification of certain personalty
A. The owner of personal property may permanently mark such property, including any part thereof, for the purpose of identification with the social security number ...
18.2-97 Larceny of certain animals and poultry
Any person who shall be guilty of the larceny of a dog, horse, pony, mule, cow, steer, bull or calf shall be guilty of a ...
18.2-97.1 Removal of a dog collar; penalty.
Any person who removes from a dog an electronic or radio transmitting collar without the permission of the owner of the dog and with the ...
18.2-98 Larceny of bank notes, checks, etc., or any book of accounts
If any person steal any bank note, check, or other writing or paper of value, whether the same represents money and passes as currency, or ...
18.2-98.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 751. ...
18.2-99 Larceny of things fixed to the freehold
Things which savor of the realty, and are at the time they are taken part of the freehold, whether they be of the substance or ...
18.2-100 Removal of crop by tenant before rents and advances are satisfied
It shall be unlawful for any person renting the lands of another, either for a share of the crop or for money consideration, to remove ...
18.2-101 Selling, etc., of goods distrained or levied on
If any person fraudulently sell, pledge, encumber, remove, destroy, receive or secrete any goods, chattels or other personal property of any kind whatsoever that has ...
18.2-102 Unauthorized use of animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat; consent; accessories or accomplice...
Any person who shall take, drive or use any animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or vessel, not his own, without the consent of the owner thereof ...
18.2-102.1 Removal of shopping cart from store premises
(1) The term "shopping cart" when used in this section means those push carts of the type or types which are commonly provided by grocery ...
18.2-102.2 Unauthorized use of dairy milk cases or milk crates; penalty
It shall be unlawful for any person to: 1. Buy, sell, or dispose of any milk case or milk crate bearing the name or label ...
18.2-103 Concealing or taking possession of merchandise; altering price tags; transferring goods from one co...
Whoever, without authority, with the intention of converting goods or merchandise to his own or another's use without having paid the full purchase price thereof, ...
18.2-104 Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor larceny
When a person is convicted of an offense of larceny or any offense deemed to be or punished as larceny under any provision of the ...
18.2-104.1 Liability upon conviction under { 18.2-103
Any person who has been convicted of violating the provisions of § 18.2-103 shall be civilly liable to the owner for the retail value of ...
18.2-105 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 462. ...
18.2-105.1 Detention of suspected shoplifter
A merchant, agent or employee of the merchant, who has probable cause to believe that a person has shoplifted in violation of § 18.2-95 or ...
18.2-105.2 Manufacture, sale, etc., of devices to shield against electronic detection of shoplifting prohibite...
It shall be unlawful to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, distribute or possess any specially coated or laminated bag or other device primarily designed and ...
18.2-106 "Agents of the merchant" defined
As used in this article "agents of the merchant" shall include attendants at any parking lot owned or leased by the merchant, or generally used ...
18.2-107 Theft or destruction of public records by others than officers
If any person steal or fraudulently secrete or destroy a public record or part thereof, including a microphotographic copy thereof, he shall, if the offense ...
18.2-108 Receiving, etc., stolen goods
A. If any person buys or receives from another person, or aids in concealing, any stolen goods or other thing, knowing the same to have ...
18.2-108.01 Larceny with intent to sell or distribute; sale of stolen property; penalty
A. Any person who commits larceny of property with a value of $200 or more with the intent to sell or distribute such property is ...
18.2-108.1 Receipt of stolen firearm
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 18.2-108, any person who buys or receives a firearm from another person or aids in concealing a firearm, knowing that ...
18.2-109 Receipt or transfer of possession of stolen vehicle, aircraft or boat
Any person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle, aircraft, boat or vessel, which he knows or has reason to believe ...
18.2-110 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 995. ...
18.2-111 Embezzlement deemed larceny; indictment
If any person wrongfully and fraudulently use, dispose of, conceal or embezzle any money, bill, note, check, order, draft, bond, receipt, bill of lading or ...
18.2-111.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459. ...
18.2-111.2 Failure to pay withheld child support; embezzlement
If any employer withholds money from the pay of his employee for the purpose of paying administrative or court-ordered child support on behalf of the ...
18.2-112 Embezzlement by officers, etc., of public or other funds; default in paying over funds evidence of ...
If any officer, agent or employee of the Commonwealth or of any city, town, county, or any other political subdivision, or the deputy of any ...
18.2-112.1 Misuse of public assets; penalty.
A. For purposes of this section, "public assets" means personal property belonging to or paid for by the Commonwealth, or any city, town, county, or ...
18.2-113 Fraudulent entries, etc., in accounts by officers or clerks of financial institutions, joint stock ...
If any officer or clerk of any financial institution, joint stock company or corporation makes, alters or omits to make any entry in any account ...
18.2-114 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459. ...
18.2-114.1 When collection of money by commissioner, etc., larceny
If any special commissioner or receiver, appointed by any court to collect money, and required by law, or decree of the court, to give bond ...
18.2-115 Fraudulent conversion or removal of property subject to lien or title to which is in anothe...
Whenever any person is in possession of any personal property, including motor vehicles or farm products, in any capacity, the title or ownership of which ...
18.2-115.1 Unlawful sublease of a motor vehicle; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, for profit in the course of business, who is not a party to a lease contract, conditional ...
18.2-116 Failure to pay for or return goods delivered for selection or approval
If any person shall solicit and obtain from any merchant any goods, wares or merchandise for examination or approval, and shall thereafter, upon written demand, ...
18.2-117 Failure of bailee to return animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat
If any person comes into the possession as bailee of any animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or vessel, and fail to return the same to the ...
18.2-118 Fraudulent conversion or removal of leased personal property
(a) Whenever any person is in possession or control of any personal property, by virtue of or subject to a written lease of such property, ...
18.2-119 Trespass after having been forbidden to do so; penalties
If any person without authority of law goes upon or remains upon the lands, buildings or premises of another, or any portion or area thereof, ...
18.2-119.1 Validity of signs forbidding trespass; penalty
If any person knowingly and intentionally posts No Trespassing signs on the land of another without the permission of a person authorized to post such ...
18.2-120 Instigating, etc., such trespass by others; preventing service to persons not forbidden to trespas...
If any person shall solicit, urge, encourage, exhort, instigate or procure another or others to go upon or remain upon the lands, buildings, or premises ...
18.2-121 Entering property of another for purpose of damaging it, etc
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter the land, dwelling, outhouse or any other building of another for the purpose of damaging such ...
18.2-121.1 Permitting certain animals to run at large
The owner or manager of any animal mentioned in § 55-316, who shall knowingly permit such animal to run at large in any county or ...
18.2-121.2 Trespass by spotlight on agricultural land
If any person shall willfully use a spotlight or similar lighting apparatus to cast a light upon private property used for livestock or crops without ...
18.2-122 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1998, c. 6. ...
18.2-123 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459. ...
18.2-124 Jurisdiction over offenses committed in Capitol Square
The Circuit Court of the City of Richmond shall have jurisdiction to try cases of offenses committed in Capitol Square except as hereinafter provided. The ...
18.2-125 Trespass at night upon any cemetery
If any person, without the consent of the owner, proprietor or custodian, go or enter in the nighttime, upon the premises, property, driveways or walks ...
18.2-126 Violation of sepulture; defilement of a dead human body; penalties
A. If a person unlawfully disinters or displaces a dead human body, or any part of a dead human body which has been deposited in ...
18.2-127 Injuries to churches, church property, cemeteries, burial grounds, etc.; penalty
A. Any person who willfully or maliciously commits any of the following acts is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor: 1. Destroys, removes, cuts, breaks, ...
18.2-128 Trespass upon church or school property
A. Any person who, without the consent of some person authorized to give such consent, goes or enters upon, in the nighttime, the premises or ...
18.2-129 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 680. ...
18.2-130 Peeping or spying into dwelling or enclosure
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon the property of another and secretly or furtively peep, spy or attempt to peep ...
18.2-131 Trespass upon licensed shooting preserve
It shall be unlawful for any person to trespass on a licensed shooting preserve. Any person convicted of such trespass shall be guilty of a ...
18.2-132 Trespass by hunters and fishers
Any person who goes on the lands, waters, ponds, boats or blinds of another to hunt, fish or trap without the consent of the landowner ...
18.2-133 Refusal of person on land, etc., of another to identify himself
Any person who goes on the lands, waters, ponds, boats or blinds of another to hunt, fish, or trap and willfully refuses to identify himself ...
18.2-134 Trespass on posted property
Any person who goes on the lands, waters, ponds, boats or blinds of another, which have been posted in accordance with the provisions of § ...
18.2-134.1 Method of posting lands
A. The owner or lessee of property described in § 18.2-134 may post property by (i) placing signs prohibiting hunting, fishing or trapping where they ...
18.2-135 Destruction of posted signs; posting land of another
Any person who shall mutilate, destroy or take down any "posted," "no hunting" or similar sign or poster on the lands or waters of another, ...
18.2-136 Right of certain hunters to go on lands of another; carrying firearms or bows and arrows prohibite...
Fox hunters and coon hunters, when the chase begins on other lands, may follow their dogs on prohibited lands, and hunters of all other game, ...
18.2-136.1 Enforcement of {{ 18.2-131 through 18.2-135
Conservation police officers, sheriffs and all other law-enforcement officers shall enforce the provisions of §§ 18.2-131, 18.2-132, 18.2-133, 18.2-134 and 18.2-135. (1975, cc. 14, 15.) ...
18.2-137 Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc
A. If any person unlawfully destroys, defaces, damages or removes without the intent to steal any property, real or personal, not his own, or breaks ...
18.2-138 Damaging public buildings, etc.; penalty
Any person who willfully and maliciously (i) breaks any window or door of the Capitol, any courthouse, house of public worship, college, school house, city ...
18.2-138.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 462. ...
18.2-139 Injuries to trees, fences or herbage on grounds of Capitol, or in any public square
If any person: (1) Cut down, pull up, girdle or otherwise injure or destroy any tree growing in the grounds of the Capitol, or in ...
18.2-140 Destruction of trees, shrubs, etc
It shall be unlawful for any person to pick, pull, pull up, tear, tear up, dig, dig up, cut, break, injure, burn or destroy, in ...
18.2-141 Cutting or destroying trees; carrying axe, saw, etc., while hunting
It shall be unlawful for any person while hunting for game or wildlife on the property of another to carry any axe other than a ...
18.2-142 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 252. ...
18.2-143 Pulling down fences or leaving open gates
If any person, without permission of the owner, pull down the fence of another and leave the same down, or, without permission, open and leave ...
18.2-144 Maiming, killing or poisoning animals, fowl, etc
Except as otherwise provided for by law, if any person maliciously shoot, stab, wound or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or ...
18.2-144.1 Prohibition against killing or injuring police animals; penalty
It shall be unlawful for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, wound or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or expose poison ...
18.2-144.2 Prohibition against making a false representation of ownership of an animal to an animal shelter o...
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or release any animal not owned by that person to a pound, animal shelter or ...
18.2-145 Protection of homing pigeons
It shall be unlawful for any person at any time or in any manner to hunt, pursue, take, capture, wound, maim, disfigure, or kill any ...
18.2-145.1 Damaging or destroying research farm product; penalty; restitution
A. Any person or entity that (i) maliciously damages or destroys any farm product, as defined in § 3.2-4709 and (ii) knows the product is ...
18.2-146 Breaking, injuring, defacing, destroying or preventing the operation of vehicle, aircraft or boa...
Any person who shall individually or in association with one or more others willfully break, injure, tamper with or remove any part or parts of ...
18.2-147 Entering or setting in motion, vehicle, aircraft, boat, locomotive or rolling stock of railroad; ex...
Any person who shall, without the consent of the owner or person in charge of a vehicle, aircraft, boat, vessel, locomotive or other rolling stock ...
18.2-147.1 Breaking and entering into railroad cars, motortrucks, aircraft, etc., or pipeline system...
Any person who breaks the seal or lock of any railroad car, vessel, aircraft, motortruck, wagon or other vehicle or of any pipeline system, containing ...
18.2-147.2 Devices for puncturing motor vehicle tires
It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute, have in his possession or place upon any highway or private property jackrocks which are ...
18.2-148 Bona fide repossession under lien
The provisions of §§ 18.2-102, 18.2-146 and 18.2-147 shall not apply to a bona fide repossession of a vehicle, aircraft, boat or vessel by the ...
18.2-149 Injury to hired animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat
If any person after having rented or leased from any other person an animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or vessel shall willfully injure or damage the ...
18.2-150 Willfully destroying vessel, etc
If any person willfully scuttle, cast away or otherwise dispose of, or in any manner destroy, except as otherwise provided, a ship, vessel or other ...
18.2-151 Opening or carrying away pumps, etc., used for dispensing gasoline, etc
If any person, with intent to commit larceny therefrom, break and open, or open, or carry away, any pump, tank, or other similar equipment or ...
18.2-152 Stealing from or tampering with parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, etc
Any person who enters, forces or attempts to force an entrance into, tampers with, or inserts any part of an instrument into any parking meter, ...
18.2-152.1 Short title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Virginia Computer Crimes Act." (1984, c. 751.) ...
18.2-152.2 Definitions
For purposes of this article: "Computer" means a device that accepts information in digital or similar form and manipulates it for a result based on ...
18.2-152.3 Computer fraud; penalty
Any person who uses a computer or computer network, without authority and: 1. Obtains property or services by false pretenses; 2. Embezzles or commits larceny; ...
18.2-152.3:1 Transmission of unsolicited bulk electronic mail (spam); penalty
A. Any person who: 1. Uses a computer or computer network with the intent to falsify or forge electronic mail transmission information or other routing ...
18.2-152.4 Computer trespass; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any person, with malicious intent, to: 1. Temporarily or permanently remove, halt, or otherwise disable any computer data, computer ...
18.2-152.5 Computer invasion of privacy; penalties
A. A person is guilty of the crime of computer invasion of privacy when he uses a computer or computer network and intentionally examines without ...
18.2-152.5:1 Using a computer to gather identifying information; penalties.
A. It is unlawful for any person, other than a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, and acting in the performance of his official ...
18.2-152.6 Theft of computer services; penalties
Any person who willfully obtains computer services without authority is guilty of the crime of theft of computer services, which shall be punishable as a ...
18.2-152.7 Personal trespass by computer; penalty
A. A person is guilty of the crime of personal trespass by computer when he uses a computer or computer network to cause physical injury ...
18.2-152.7:1 Harassment by computer; penalty
If any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, shall use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, ...
18.2-152.8 Property capable of embezzlement
For purposes of §§ 18.2-95, 18.2-96, 18.2-108, and 18.2-111, personal property subject to embezzlement, larceny, or receiving stolen goods shall include: 1. Computers and computer ...
18.2-152.9 , 18.2-152.10
Repealed by Acts 2005, cc. 746, 761, and 827, cl. 2. ...
18.2-152.11 Article not exclusive
The provisions of this article shall not be construed to preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of this Commonwealth which ...
18.2-152.12 Civil relief; damages
A. Any person whose property or person is injured by reason of a violation of any provision of this article or by any act of ...
18.2-152.13 Severability
If any provision or clause of this article or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not ...
18.2-152.14 Computer as instrument of forgery
The creation, alteration, or deletion of any computer data contained in any computer or computer network, which if done on a tangible document or instrument ...
18.2-152.15 Encryption used in criminal activity
Any person who willfully uses encryption to further any criminal activity shall be guilty of an offense which is separate and distinct from the predicate ...
18.2-152.16 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 995. ...
18.2-152.17 Fraudulent procurement, sale, or receipt of telephone records
A. Whoever (i) knowingly procures, attempts to procure, solicits, or conspires with another to procure a telephone record by fraudulent means; (ii) knowingly sells, or ...
18.2-153 Obstructing or injuring canal, railroad, power line, etc
If any person maliciously obstruct, remove or injure any part of a canal, railroad or urban, suburban or interurban electric railway, or any lines of ...
18.2-154 Shooting at or throwing missiles, etc., at train, car, vessel, etc.; penalty
Any person who maliciously shoots at, or maliciously throws any missile at or against, any train or cars on any railroad or other transportation company ...
18.2-155 Injuring, etc., signal used by railroad
If any person maliciously injure, destroy, molest, or remove any switchlamp, flag or other signal used by any railroad, or any line, wire, post, lamp ...
18.2-156 Taking or removing waste or packing from journal boxes
If any person shall willfully and maliciously take or remove the waste or packing from any journal box of any locomotive, engine, tender, carriage, coach, ...
18.2-157 Injury to fences or cattle stops along line of railroad
Any person who shall willfully or maliciously cut, break down, injure or destroy any fence erected along the line of any railroad for the purpose ...
18.2-158 Driving, etc., animal on track to recover damages
If any person, with a view to the recovery of damages against a railroad company, willfully ride, drive, or lead any animal, or otherwise contrive ...
18.2-159 Trespassing on railroad track
Any person who goes upon the track of a railroad other than to pass over such road at a public or private crossing, or who ...
18.2-160 Trespassing on railroad trains
If any person, not being a passenger or employee, shall be found trespassing upon any railroad car or train of any railroad in this Commonwealth, ...
18.2-160.1 Boarding transportation district train without payment of fare
It shall be unlawful for any person to board or ride a train operated by or under contract with a transportation district created pursuant to ...
18.2-160.2 Trespassing on public transportation; penalty.
Any person who enters or remains upon or within a vehicle operated by a public transportation service without the permission of, or after having been ...
18.2-161 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459. ...
18.2-162 Damage or trespass to public services or utilities
Any person who shall intentionally destroy or damage any facility which is used to furnish oil, telegraph, telephone, electric, gas, sewer, wastewater or water service ...
18.2-162.1 Diverting wastewater line; diverting or wasting public water supply
Any person who willfully and maliciously (i) diverts any public wastewater or sewer line or (ii) diverts or wastes any public water supply by tampering ...
18.2-163 Tampering with metering device; diverting service; civil liability
A. Any person who (i) tampers with any metering device incident to the facilities set forth in § 18.2-162, or otherwise intentionally prevents such a ...
18.2-164 Unlawful use of, or injury to, telephone and telegraph lines; copying or obstructing messages; pena...
A. If any person commits any of the following acts, he is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor: 1. Maliciously injure, molest, cut down, or ...
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 ...
18.2-165.1 Tampering with or unlawful use of cable television service
Any person who (i) shall knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain cable television service from another by means, artifice, trick, deception or device without the ...
18.2-165.2 Unlawful interference with emergency two-way radio communications; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully (i) interfere with the transmission of a radio communication, the purpose of which ...
18.2-166 Disclosing or inducing disclosure of certain information concerning customers of telephone companie...
Any person: (1) Who is an employee of a telephone company, or an employee of a company which prints or otherwise handles lists of telephone ...
18.2-167 Selling or transferring certain telephonic instruments
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make, sell, offer or advertise for sale, possess, or give or otherwise transfer to another ...
18.2-167.1 Interception or monitoring of customer telephone calls; penalty
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to intercept or monitor, or attempt to intercept or monitor, the transmission of a message, ...

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