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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350362</law_id><section_number>18.2-156</section_number><catch_line>Taking or removing waste or packing from journal boxes</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Crimes Against Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="10" identifier="8">Offenses Relating to Railroads and Other Utilities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any person shall willfully and maliciously take or remove the waste or packing from any journal box of any locomotive, engine, tender, carriage, coach, car, caboose or truck used or operated upon any railroad, whether the same be operated by steam or electricity, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-151; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
