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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1964, chapter 124; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1393027,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350394,"identifier":"18.2-176","token":"18.2\/6\/2\/18.2-176","url":"\/18.2-176\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-176\/","token":"18.2\/6\/2\/18.2-176","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unauthorized wearing or displaying on motor vehicles of any button, insignia or emblem of certain associations or societies or of Southern Cross of Honor","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-176","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> No person shall wear the button or insignia of any order<\/span> of police, trade union or veterans’ organization or display upon a motor vehicle the insignia or emblem of any automobile club, medical society, order<\/span> of police, trade union or veterans’ organization or use such button, insignia or emblem to obtain aid or assistance unless entitled to wear, display or use the same under the constitution, bylaws, rules or regulations of the organization concerned. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> No person shall wear any Southern Cross of Honor when not entitled to do so by the regulations under which such Crosses of Honor are given. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> A violation of this section shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNAUTHORIZED WEARING OR DISPLAYING ON MOTOR VEHICLES OF ANY BUTTON, INSIGNIA OR\nEMBLEM OF CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS OR SOCIETIES OR OF SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR (\u00a7\n18.2-176)\n\na. No person shall wear the button or insignia of any order of police, trade\nunion or veterans’ organization or display upon a motor vehicle the\ninsignia or emblem of any automobile club, medical society, order of police,\ntrade union or veterans’ organization or use such button, insignia or\nemblem to obtain aid or assistance unless entitled to wear, display or use the\nsame under the constitution, bylaws, rules or regulations of the organization\nconcerned.\n\nb. No person shall wear any Southern Cross of Honor when not entitled to do so\nby the regulations under which such Crosses of Honor are given.\n\nc. A violation of this section shall be a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-410; 1960, c. 358; 1964, c. 124; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","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"}}