Va. Code § 18.2-150

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 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 watercraft, with intent to injure or defraud any owner thereof or of any property on board the same, or any insurer of such ship, vessel or other watercraft, or any part thereof, or of any such property on board the same, if the same be of the value of $1,000 or more, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony, but if it be of less value than $1,000, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Va. Code § 18.2-150

Code 1950, § 18.1-170; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1981, c. 197; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.

Amended by Acts 2020 c. 401, § 1, eff. 7/1/2020.

Amended by Acts 2020 c. 89, § 1, eff. 7/1/2020.

Amended by Acts 2018 c. 765, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by Acts 2018 c. 764, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.