18.2-238 - Buying, etc., pig iron, etc., with intent to defraud; possession; evidence of intent. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-238. Buying, etc., pig iron, etc., with intent to defraud; possession;evidence of intent.

If any person buy or receive pig iron or railroad, telephone, telegraph, coalmining, industrial, manufacturing or public utility iron, brass, copper,metal or any composition thereof with intent to defraud, he shall be guiltyof a Class 6 felony. Possession of any pig iron or railroad, telephone,telegraph, coal mining, industrial, manufacturing or public utility iron,brass, copper, metal or any composition thereof, if bought or received fromany other person than the manufacturer thereof or his authorized agent or ofa regularly licensed dealer therein, shall be prima facie evidence of suchintent.

(Code 1950, § 59.1-67; 1968, c. 439; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)