Virginia Code
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-119.1 (2026)
Validity of signs forbidding trespass; penalty
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If any person knowingly and intentionally posts No Trespassing signs on the land of another without the permission of a person authorized to post such signs on that land, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
1999, c. 274.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2009–2018 · leading case: Baker v. Com., 685 S.E.2d 661 (Va. 2009).
Baker v. Com., 685 S.E.2d 661 (Va. 2009). “Additionally, Baker asserts that the General Assembly, by enacting Code § 18.2-119.1, which makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor to knowingly and intentionally post a "no trespassing" sign on the land of another without permission from a person authorized to do so, intended the crime…”
Marshall v. Commonwealth, 708 S.E.2d 253 (Va. Ct. App. 2011). “1 (“knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally” withholding child from parents in violation of court order); Code § 18.2-119.1 (“knowingly and intentionally” posting no trespass signs on land of another without permission); Code § 18.”
Tamara Felicia Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 0269171 (Va. Ct. App. Mar. 27, 2018). “2-104, and trespass, in violation of Code § 18.2-119.1 After she was sentenced, appellant filed a motion to withdraw her guilty pleas, which the court denied.”
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