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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366541</law_id><section_number>5.1-14</section_number><catch_line>Operation of unregistered aircraft</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="9" identifier="5.1">Aviation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Aircraft, Airmen and Airports Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Illegal Operation, Etc.; Procedure; Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who operates or causes to be operated any <span class="dictionary">civil aircraft</span> within the <span class="dictionary">airspace</span> over, above or upon the lands or waters of this Commonwealth, which aircraft has not been and is not at the time of such operation properly certificated under and in accordance with existing federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> and registered under and in accordance with the existing <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth and rules and regulations promulgated in pursuance thereof, shall be guilty of a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 5-10.2; 1966, c. 576; 2017, c. 793.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
