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2013 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY.
Chapter 4 - Crimes Against the Person
- Section 18.2-30 - Murder and manslaughter declared felonies
- Section 18.2-31 - Capital murder defined; punishment
- Section 18.2-32 - First and second degree murder defined; punishment
- Section 18.2-32.1 - Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty
- Section 18.2-32.2 - Killing a fetus; penalty
- Section 18.2-32.3 - Human infant; independent and separate existence.
- Section 18.2-33 - Felony homicide defined; punishment
- Section 18.2-34 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-35 - How voluntary manslaughter punished
- Section 18.2-36 - How involuntary manslaughter punished
- Section 18.2-36.1 - Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter
- Section 18.2-36.2 - Involuntary manslaughter; operating a watercraft while under the influence; penalties.
- Section 18.2-37 - How and where homicide prosecuted and punished if death occur without the Commonwealth
- Section 18.2-38 - "Mob" defined
- Section 18.2-39 - "Lynching" defined
- Section 18.2-40 - Lynching deemed murder
- Section 18.2-41 - Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc., by mob
- Section 18.2-42 - Assault or battery by mob
- Section 18.2-42.1 - Acts of violence by mob
- Section 18.2-43 - Apprehension and prosecution of participants in lynching
- Section 18.2-44 - Civil liability for lynching
- Section 18.2-45 - Persons suffering death from mob attempting to lynch another person
- Section 18.2-46 - Venue
- Section 18.2-46.1 - Definitions
- Section 18.2-46.2 - Prohibited criminal street gang participation; penalty
- Section 18.2-46.3 - Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang; penalty
- Section 18.2-46.3:1 - Third or subsequent conviction of criminal street gang crimes
- Section 18.2-46.3:2 - Forfeiture
- Section 18.2-46.3:3 - Enhanced punishment for gang activity taking place in a gang-free zone; penalties
- Section 18.2-46.4 - Definitions
- Section 18.2-46.5 - Committing, conspiring and aiding and abetting acts of terrorism prohibited; penalty
- Section 18.2-46.6 - Possession, manufacture, distribution, etc. of weapon of terrorism or hoax device prohibited; penal...
- Section 18.2-46.7 - Act of bioterrorism against agricultural crops or animals; penalty
- Section 18.2-46.8 - Venue
- Section 18.2-46.9 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-46.10 - Violation of sections within article separate and distinct offenses
- Section 18.2-47 - Abduction and kidnapping defined; punishment
- Section 18.2-48 - Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose
- Section 18.2-48.1 - Abduction by prisoners or committed persons; penalty
- Section 18.2-49 - Threatening, attempting or assisting in such abduction
- Section 18.2-49.1 - Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty
- Section 18.2-50 - Disclosure of information and assistance to law-enforcement officers required
- Section 18.2-50.1 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-50.2 - Emergency control of telephone service in hostage or barricaded person situation
- Section 18.2-51 - Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc
- Section 18.2-51.1 - Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or ...
- Section 18.2-51.2 - Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty
- Section 18.2-51.3 - Prohibition against reckless endangerment of others by throwing objects from places higher than on...
- Section 18.2-51.4 - Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated
- Section 18.2-51.5 - Maiming, etc., of another resulting from operating a watercraft while intoxicated; penalty...
- Section 18.2-51.6 - Strangulation of another; penalty
- Section 18.2-52 - Malicious bodily injury by means of any caustic substance or agent or use of any explosive or fir...
- Section 18.2-52.1 - Possession of infectious biological substances or radiological agents; penalties
- Section 18.2-53 - Shooting, etc., in committing or attempting a felony
- Section 18.2-53.1 - Use or display of firearm in committing felony
- Section 18.2-54 - Conviction of lesser offenses under certain indictments
- Section 18.2-54.1 - Attempts to poison
- Section 18.2-54.2 - Adulteration of food, drink, drugs, cosmetics, etc.; penalty
- Section 18.2-55 - Bodily injuries caused by prisoners, state juvenile probationers and state and local adult probatio...
- Section 18.2-55.1 - Hazing of youth gang members unlawful; criminal liability
- Section 18.2-56 - Hazing unlawful; civil and criminal liability; duty of school, etc., officials
- Section 18.2-56.1 - Reckless handling of firearms; reckless handling while hunting
- Section 18.2-56.2 - Allowing access to firearms by children; penalty
- Section 18.2-57 - Assault and battery
- Section 18.2-57.01 - Pointing laser at law-enforcement officer unlawful; penalty
- Section 18.2-57.02 - Disarming a law-enforcement or correctional officer; penalty
- Section 18.2-57.1 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-57.2 - Assault and battery against a family or household member; penalty
- Section 18.2-57.3 - Persons charged with first offense of assault and battery against a family or household member may ...
- Section 18.2-57.4 - Reporting findings of assault and battery to military family advocacy representatives
- Section 18.2-58 - How punished
- Section 18.2-58.1 - Carjacking; penalty
- Section 18.2-59 - Extortion of money, property or pecuniary benefit
- Section 18.2-60 - Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family; threats to commit serious bo...
- Section 18.2-60.1 - Threatening the Governor or his immediate family
- Section 18.2-60.2 - Members of the Governor's immediate family
- Section 18.2-60.3 - Stalking; penalty
- Section 18.2-60.4 - Violation of protective orders; penalty
- Section 18.2-60.5 - Unauthorized use of electronic tracking device; penalty
- Section 18.2-61 - Rape
- Section 18.2-62 - Testing of certain persons for human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B or C viruses
- Section 18.2-63 - Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age
- Section 18.2-63.1 - Death of victim
- Section 18.2-64 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-64.1 - Carnal knowledge of certain minors
- Section 18.2-64.2 - Carnal knowledge of an inmate, parolee, probationer, detainee, or pretrial or posttrial offender; p...
- Section 18.2-65 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-66 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-67 - Depositions of complaining witnesses in cases of criminal sexual assault and attempted criminal sex...
- Section 18.2-67.01 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-67.1 - Forcible sodomy
- Section 18.2-67.2 - Object sexual penetration; penalty
- Section 18.2-67.2:1 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-67.3 - Aggravated sexual battery; penalty
- Section 18.2-67.4 - Sexual battery
- Section 18.2-67.4:1 - Infected sexual battery; penalty
- Section 18.2-67.4:2 - Sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age; penalty.
- Section 18.2-67.5 - Attempted rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual b...
- Section 18.2-67.5:1 - Punishment upon conviction of third misdemeanor offense
- Section 18.2-67.5:2 - Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent felony sexual assault
- Section 18.2-67.5:3 - Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent violent felony sexual assault
- Section 18.2-67.6 - Proof of physical resistance not required
- Section 18.2-67.7 - Admission of evidence (Supreme Court Rule 2:412 derived from this section)
- Section 18.2-67.8 - Closed preliminary hearings
- Section 18.2-67.9 - Testimony by child victims and witnesses using two-way closed-circuit television
- Section 18.2-67.10 - General definitions
- Section 18.2-68 - through 18.2-70
- Section 18.2-71 - Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty
- Section 18.2-71.1 - Partial birth infanticide; penalty
- Section 18.2-72 - When abortion lawful during first trimester of pregnancy
- Section 18.2-73 - When abortion lawful during second trimester of pregnancy
- Section 18.2-74 - When abortion or termination of pregnancy lawful after second trimester of pregnancy
- Section 18.2-74.1 - Abortion, etc., when necessary to save life of woman
- Section 18.2-74.2 - Description unavailable
- Section 18.2-75 - Conscience clause
- Section 18.2-76 - Informed written consent required; civil penalty
- Section 18.2-76.1 - Encouraging or promoting abortion
- Section 18.2-76.2 - Description unavailable
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