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or who shall obtain or receive telephone or telegraph service, parking privileges, merchandise, or any other service or property from any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machines, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, without depositing in or surrendering to such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, or other machine lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1305482,"text":"Any person who shall operate, cause to be operated, or attempt to operate or cause to be operated any coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine that operates on the coin-in-the-slot principle, whether of like kind or not, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, in connection with the use or enjoyment of telephone or telegraph service, parking privileges or any other service, or the sale of merchandise or other property, by means of a slug, or any false, counterfeit, mutilated, sweated or foreign coin, or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever, not authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine; or who shall obtain or receive telephone or telegraph service, parking privileges, merchandise, or any other service or property from any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machines, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, without depositing in or surrendering to such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, or other machine lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":50147,"edition_id":2,"name":"False Pretenses","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":50144,"metadata":{"child_laws":5,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:23:20","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:19","permalink":{"id":1393039,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50147,"identifier":"3","token":"18.2\/6\/3","url":"\/18.2\/6\/3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50144,"edition_id":2,"name":"Crimes Involving Fraud","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":6,"parent_id":50131,"metadata":{"child_laws":136,"child_structures":11},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:23:18","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:19","permalink":{"id":1392935,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50144,"identifier":"6","token":"18.2\/6","url":"\/18.2\/6\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":50131,"edition_id":2,"name":"Crimes and Offenses Generally","identifier":"18.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":52,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":960,"child_structures":94},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:22:59","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:30:15","permalink":{"id":1391141,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":50131,"identifier":"18.2","token":"18.2","url":"\/18.2\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":350399,"structure_id":50147,"section_number":"18.2-178","catch_line":"Obtaining money or signature, etc., by false pretense","url":"\/18.2-178\/","token":"18.2\/6\/3\/18.2-178","metadata":false},{"id":350397,"structure_id":50147,"section_number":"18.2-178.1","catch_line":"Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults; 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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 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":[{"id":350402,"section_number":"18.2-180","catch_line":"Manufacture, etc., of slugs, etc., for such unlawful use","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-180\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1393053,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350400,"identifier":"18.2-179","token":"18.2\/6\/3\/18.2-179","url":"\/18.2-179\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-179\/","token":"18.2\/6\/3\/18.2-179","dublin_core":{"Title":"Unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-179","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any person who shall operate, cause to be operated, or attempt to operate or cause to be operated any coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine that operates on the coin-in-the-slot principle, whether of like kind or not, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, in connection with the use or enjoyment of telephone or telegraph service, parking <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span> or any other service, or the sale of merchandise or other property, by means of a slug, or any false, counterfeit, mutilated, sweated or foreign coin, or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever, not authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine; or who shall obtain or receive telephone or telegraph service, parking <span class=\"dictionary\">privileges<\/span>, merchandise, or any other service or property from any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machines, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, without depositing in or surrendering to such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, or other machine lawful coin of the United States of America to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine, shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUNLAWFUL OPERATION OF COIN BOX TELEPHONE, PARKING METER, VENDING MACHINE, ETC\n(\u00a7 18.2-179)\n\nAny person who shall operate, cause to be operated, or attempt to operate or\ncause to be operated any coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or\nother machine that operates on the coin-in-the-slot principle, whether of like\nkind or not, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of\nAmerica, in connection with the use or enjoyment of telephone or telegraph\nservice, parking privileges or any other service, or the sale of merchandise or\nother property, by means of a slug, or any false, counterfeit, mutilated,\nsweated or foreign coin, or by any means, method, trick or device whatsoever,\nnot authorized by the owner, lessee or licensee of such coin box telephone,\nparking meter, vending machine or other machine; or who shall obtain or receive\ntelephone or telegraph service, parking privileges, merchandise, or any other\nservice or property from any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending\nmachine or other machines, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United\nStates of America, without depositing in or surrendering to such coin box\ntelephone, parking meter, vending machine, or other machine lawful coin of the\nUnited States of America to the amount required therefor by the owner, lessee or\nlicensee of such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other\nmachine, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 28.1-124; 1960, c. 358; 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"}}