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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 461<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapter 549<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":351123,"section_number":"18.2-57","catch_line":"Assault and battery; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-57\/"},{"id":351680,"section_number":"19.2-327.15","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-327.15\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":351123,"section_number":"18.2-57","catch_line":"Assault and battery; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-57\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1392883,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350368,"identifier":"18.2-160.2","token":"18.2\/5\/8\/18.2-160.2","url":"\/18.2-160.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-160.2\/","token":"18.2\/5\/8\/18.2-160.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Trespassing on public transportation; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-160.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person who enters or remains upon or within a vehicle operated by a public transportation service<\/span> without the permission of, or after having been forbidden to do so by, the owner, lessee, or authorized operator thereof is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person who enters or rides in a vehicle operated by a public transportation service<\/span> who has been prohibited to do so pursuant to subsection F of § 18.2-57<\/a> is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> “Public transportation service<\/span>” means passenger transportation service provided by bus, rail, or other surface conveyance that provides transportation to the general public on a regular and continuing basis. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRESPASSING ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-160.2)\n\nA. Any person who enters or remains upon or within a vehicle operated by a\npublic transportation service without the permission of, or after having been\nforbidden to do so by, the owner, lessee, or authorized operator thereof is\nguilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.\n\nB. Any person who enters or rides in a vehicle operated by a public\ntransportation service who has been prohibited to do so pursuant to subsection F\nof § 18.2-57 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nC. “Public transportation service” means passenger transportation\nservice provided by bus, rail, or other surface conveyance that provides\ntransportation to the general public on a regular and continuing basis.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 461; 2023, c. 549.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}