No person shall publicly burn with contempt, mutilate, deface, defile, trample upon, or wear with intent to defile any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-488
Mutilating, defacing, etc
Known as the Uniform Flag Act
The act spans §§ 18–18 (8 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Most recently applied in 219 Wis. 2d 362 - State v. Janssen (June 1998)
Code 1950, § 18.1-425; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 349; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 493.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.