                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRESPASS BY SPOTLIGHT ON AGRICULTURAL LAND (§ 18.2-121.2)

If any person shall willfully use a spotlight or similar lighting apparatus to
cast a light upon private property used for livestock or crops without the
written permission of the person in legal possession of such property, he shall
be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

The prohibition of this section shall not apply to light cast by (i) permanently
installed outdoor lighting fixtures, (ii) headlamps on vehicles moving in normal
travel on public or private roads, (iii) railroad locomotives or rolling stock
being operated on the tracks or right-of-way of a railroad company, (iv)
aircraft or watercraft, (v) apparatus used by employees of any public utility in
maintaining the utility&#8217;s lines and equipment, (vi) emergency medical
services vehicles used by emergency medical services personnel or fire apparatus
used by members of fire departments in the performance of their official duties,
(vii) apparatus used by any law-enforcement officer in the performance of his
official duties, or (viii) farm machinery or motor vehicles being used in normal
farming operations.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 460; 2015, cc. 502, 503.