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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351080</law_id><section_number>18.2-504</section_number><catch_line>Destroying or concealing wills</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="11" identifier="12">Miscellaneous</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="3">Miscellaneous Offenses in General</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any person fraudulently destroy or conceal any will or codicil, with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to prevent the probate thereof, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-309; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
