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Any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUPLICATE SWITCH KEYS OF RAILROADS; UNLAWFUL MAKING, ETC.; PUNISHMENT (\u00a7\n56-419)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for any person to make, buy, sell, or give away to any\nother person any duplicate key to any lock belonging to, or in use by, any\nrailroad company in this Commonwealth on its switches or switch tracks, except\nupon the written order of that officer of the railroad company whose duty it is\nto distribute and issue switch lock keys to the employees of such railroad\ncompany. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed\nguilty of a misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4019.","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"}}