Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc.

Norfolk City Code § 29-36

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Sec. 29-36. - Injuring, etc., any property, monument, etc. (a) If any person unlawfully destroys, defaces, damages or removes without the intent to steal any property, real or personal, not his own, or unlawfully breaks down, destroys, defaces, damages or removes without the intent to steal, any monument or memorial for war veterans described in section 15.2-1812 [Code of Virginia], not his own, or any monument not his own erected for the purpose of marking the site of any engagement fought during the War Between the States, or for the purpose of designating the boundaries of the city, or a tract of land, or any tree marked for that purpose, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor; provided that the court may, in its discretion, dismiss the charge if the locality or organization owning or responsible for maintaining the injured property, monument, or memorial files a written affidavit with the court stating it has received full payment for the injury. Any person who intentionally causes such injury, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the value of or damage to the property or monument is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) (b) Any person who intentionally (i) breaks any window or door of any court house, house of public worship, college, school house, city hall or other public building or library; (ii) damages or defaces any other public building or any statuary in or on any other public building or public grounds; or (iii) destroys any property in any of such buildings shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the damage is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). (c) Any person who intentionally damages or defaces any book, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, map, picture, manuscript or other property located in any library, reading room, museum or other educational institution shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the damage is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). (d) In the prosecution of any case under this section, the amount of loss caused by the destruction, defacing, or damage of such property or monument may be established by proof of the fair market cost of repair or fair market replacement value. Upon conviction, the court may order that the defendant pay restitution. (Code 1958, § 31-14; Ord. No. 30,266, § 1, 1-15-80; Ord. No. 36,117, § 1, 7-17-90; Ord. No. 40,452, § 1, 8-28-01; Ord. No. 47,015, § 1, 10-10-17)

Source: City of Norfolk, Virginia, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/norfolk/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COCI_CH29OFIS_S29-36INETANPRMOETFetched: 11/1/2026