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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1966, chapter 677; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":353090,"section_number":"2.2-411","catch_line":"Registration of names or insignia of certain societies, organizations or associations; alteration or cancellation of name","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-411\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1393031,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350396,"identifier":"18.2-177","token":"18.2\/6\/2\/18.2-177","url":"\/18.2-177\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-177\/","token":"18.2\/6\/2\/18.2-177","dublin_core":{"Title":"Illegal use of insignia","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-177","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who shall willfully wear, exhibit, display, print, or use, for any purpose, the badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette, or other insignia of any such association or organization mentioned in \u00a7 2.2-411<\/a>, duly registered under Article 2 (\u00a7 2.2-411<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4, Title 2.2, unless he shall be entitled to use and wear the same under the constitution and bylaws, rules and regulations of such association or organization, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nILLEGAL USE OF INSIGNIA (\u00a7 18.2-177)\n\nAny person who shall willfully wear, exhibit, display, print, or use, for any\npurpose, the badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette, or other\ninsignia of any such association or organization mentioned in \u00a7 2.2-411, duly\nregistered under Article 2 (\u00a7 2.2-411 et seq.) of Chapter 4, Title 2.2, unless\nhe shall be entitled to use and wear the same under the constitution and bylaws,\nrules and regulations of such association or organization, shall be guilty of a\nClass 4 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 2.1-80; 1966, c. 677; 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"}}