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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350402</law_id><section_number>18.2-180</section_number><catch_line>Manufacture, etc., of slugs, etc., for such unlawful use</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="6" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">False Pretenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who, with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to cheat or defraud the owner, lessee, licensee or other person entitled to the contents of any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine operated on the coin-in-the-slot principle, designed only to receive lawful coin of the United States of America, in connection with the use of any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine, or who, knowing or having reason to believe that the same is intended for such unlawful use, shall manufacture, sell, offer to sell, advertise for sale or give away any slug, device or substance whatsoever, intended or calculated to be placed or deposited in any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine, shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p><p>The manufacture, sale, offer for sale, advertisement for sale, giving away or <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of any such slug, device or substance whatsoever, intended or calculated to be placed or deposited in any such coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine or other machine that operates on the coin-in-the-slot principle, shall be prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to cheat or defraud within the meaning of this section and &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Unlawful operation of coin box telephone, parking meter, vending machine, etc" href="/18.2-179/">18.2-179</a>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-125; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
