18.2-210 - Stamping, etc., on newspapers, any word, etc., to cause belief it was done by publisher; circulating such newspapers. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-210. Stamping, etc., on newspapers, any word, etc., to cause belief itwas done by publisher; circulating such newspapers.

No person, without first obtaining the consent of the publisher so to do,shall affix to, or place or insert in, or print, stamp or impress upon anynewspaper or any part thereof, after the same shall have been issued forcirculation by the publisher thereof, any word, figure, design, picture,emblem or advertisement with intent to cause, or which when so affixed,placed, inserted, printed, stamped or impressed may cause, the public tobelieve that such word, figure, design, picture, emblem or advertisement wasaffixed, placed, printed, inserted, stamped or impressed in and upon suchnewspaper by the publisher of the same as a part thereof.

No person shall knowingly circulate, distribute or sell, or cause to becirculated, distributed or sold, any newspaper upon which has been soaffixed, placed, inserted, printed, stamped or impressed any word, figure,design, picture, emblem or advertisement in violation of the terms hereof.

Any person violating the provisions hereof shall be guilty of a Class 4misdemeanor. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-409; 1960, c. 358; 1964, c. 560; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)