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Va. Code § 18.2-86: Setting fire to woods, fences, grass, etc

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  1. Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
  2. Chapter 5. CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
  3. Article 1. ARSON AND RELATED CRIMES

If any person maliciously set fire to any wood, fence, grass, straw or other thing capable of spreading fire on land, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.Code 1950, § 18.1-82; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 362; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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