§ 18.2-488.1. Flag at half staff or mast for certain public safety personnel killed in the line of duty
A. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Emergency medical services provider” means the same as that term is defined in § 32.1-111.1 and any member of a volunteer emergency medical services agency. “Firefighter” means the same as that term is defined in § 9.1-300, and any member of a […]
§ 18.2-489. To what article applies
This article shall not apply to any act permitted by the statutes of the United States or by the laws of this Commonwealth, or by the United States armed forces regulations, nor shall it apply to any printed or written document or production, stationery, ornament, picture or jewelry whereon shall be depicted such flag, standard, […]
§ 18.2-490. Penalty
Any violation of this article shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to § 18.2-488.1. Code 1950, § 18.1-427; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 349; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2012, c. 767.
§ 18.2-491. Construction
This article shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose, and to make uniform the laws of the states which enact it. Code 1950, § 18.1-428; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
§ 18.2-492. Short title
This article may be cited as the Uniform Flag Act. Code 1950, § 18.1-429; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
§ 18.2-486. Definition of flag, standard, etc.
The words flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as used in this article, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United […]
§ 18.2-487. Exhibition or display
No person shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display: (1) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this Commonwealth, or authorized by any law of the United States or […]
§ 18.2-488. Mutilating, defacing, etc.
No person shall publicly burn with contempt, mutilate, deface, defile, trample upon, or wear with intent to defile any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield. Code 1950, § 18.1-425; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 349; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 493.
§ 18.2-482. Misprision of treason
If any person knowing of such treason shall not, as soon as may be, give information thereof to the Governor, or some conservator of the peace, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. Code 1950, § 18.1-419; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
§ 18.2-483. Attempting, or instigating others, to establish usurped government
If any person attempt to establish any such usurped government and commit any overt act therefor or by writing or speaking endeavor to instigate others to establish such government, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Code 1950, § 18.1-420; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.