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South Dakota Drone Laws: Privacy, Trespass, and Prison Rules
South Dakota bans drone spying, landing on private land without consent, and flying over prisons under SDCL 50-15. See warrant, hunting, and felony rules.
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Tennessee Drone Laws (2026): Warrants, Privacy & Shoot-Downs
Tenn. Code Ann. Section 39-13-609 requires police to get a warrant before using a drone to gather evidence. See the exceptions and evidence-deletion rule.
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Texas Drone Laws (2026): Chapter 423, Privacy & McCraw
Texas Chapter 423 makes it a crime to capture surveillance images by drone, and the Fifth Circuit upheld the law in National Press Photographers Association v. McCraw.
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Utah Drone Laws (2026): Police Warrants, Prisons & Privacy
Utah Code Section 72-10-802 requires police to get a warrant before using drone-collected data as evidence in most circumstances.
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Vermont Drone Laws: Privacy Statute, Warrants & Penalties
Vermont bars drones below 100 feet over private land without consent and requires a police warrant for drone investigations under 20 V.S.A. sections 4622, 4626.
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Virginia Drone Laws: Warrants, Trespass & Felony Zones
Virginia requires a police drone warrant under Va. Code 19.2-60.1 and criminalizes drone trespass and critical-infrastructure flights under section 18.2-121.3.
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Washington Drone Laws: Voyeurism, Warrants & Penalties
Washington has no drone-privacy statute or warrant law; RCW 9A.44.115 voyeurism and WAC 220-413-070 wildlife rules fill the gap after two bills failed.
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West Virginia Drone Laws (2026): Privacy & Penalties
West Virginia has banned drone spying since 2018, expanded in 2023, under W. Va. Code Section 61-16-2. See the penalties and felony provisions.
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Wisconsin Drone Laws (2026): Privacy, Warrants & New Rules
Wisconsin bans spying with a drone, requires a police warrant before drone evidence, and as of April 2026 restricts flights over schools and utilities.
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Wyoming Drone Laws (2026): Trespass, Infrastructure & Hunting
Wyoming's 2025 law, W.S. 19-13-503, added felony penalties for flying drones over critical infrastructure and a new low-altitude interference penalty.
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North Carolina Makes Ski-Slope Hit-and-Run a Crime Under the New Winter Sports Safety Act (SB 648)
North Carolina's Winter Sports Safety Act (SB 648), signed in July 2026 and effective October 1, makes leaving the scene of a ski-slope collision a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Virginia's New Click-to-Cancel Law Takes Effect July 1: Canceling a Subscription Must Be as Easy as Signing Up (SB 493 / HB 1022)
Virginia's click-to-cancel law (SB 493 / HB 1022) took effect July 1, 2026, requiring subscription cancellation to be as easy as signing up under the VCPA.
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