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2023 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 4 - Crimes Against the Person
Article 1. Homicide
- § 18.2-30. Murder and manslaughter declared felonies
- § 18.2-31. Aggravated murder defined; punishment
- § 18.2-32. First and second degree murder defined; punishment
- § 18.2-32.1. Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty
- § 18.2-32.2. Killing a fetus; penalty
- § 18.2-32.3. Human infant; independent and separate existence
- § 18.2-33. Felony homicide defined; punishment
- § 18.2-34. Reserved
- § 18.2-35. How voluntary manslaughter punished
- § 18.2-36. How involuntary manslaughter punished
- § 18.2-36.1. Certain conduct punishable as involuntary manslaughter
- § 18.2-36.2. Involuntary manslaughter; operating a watercraft while under the influence; penalties
- § 18.2-37. How and where homicide prosecuted and punished if death occur without the Commonwealth
- § 18.2-37.1. Certain matters not to constitute defenses
Article 2. Crimes by Mobs
- § 18.2-38. "Mob" defined
- § 18.2-39. "Lynching" defined
- § 18.2-40. Lynching deemed murder
- § 18.2-41. Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc., by mob
- § 18.2-42. Assault or battery by mob
- § 18.2-42.1. Acts of violence by mob
- § 18.2-43. Apprehension and prosecution of participants in lynching
- § 18.2-44. Civil liability for lynching
- § 18.2-45. Persons suffering death from mob attempting to lynch another person
- § 18.2-46. Venue
Article 2.1. Crimes by Gangs
- § 18.2-46.1. Definitions
- § 18.2-46.2. Prohibited criminal street gang participation; penalty
- § 18.2-46.3. Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang; penalty
- § 18.2-46.3:1. Third or subsequent conviction of criminal street gang crimes
- § 18.2-46.3:2. Forfeiture
- § 18.2-46.3:3. Enhanced punishment for gang activity taking place in a gang-free zone; penalties
Article 2.2. Terrorism Offenses
- § 18.2-46.4. Definitions
- § 18.2-46.5. Committing, conspiring and aiding and abetting acts of terrorism prohibited; penalty
- § 18.2-46.6. Possession, manufacture, distribution, etc., of weapon of terrorism or hoax device prohibited; penalty
- § 18.2-46.7. Act of bioterrorism against agricultural crops or animals; penalty
- § 18.2-46.8. Venue
- § 18.2-46.9. Repealed
- § 18.2-46.10. Violation of sections within article separate and distinct offenses
Article 3. Kidnapping and Related Offenses
- § 18.2-47. Abduction and kidnapping defined; punishment
- § 18.2-48. Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose
- § 18.2-48.1. Abduction by prisoners or committed persons; penalty
- § 18.2-49. Threatening, attempting, or assisting in such abduction; penalty
- § 18.2-49.1. Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty
- § 18.2-50. Disclosure of information and assistance to law-enforcement officers required
- § 18.2-50.1. Repealed
- § 18.2-50.2. Emergency control of telephone service in hostage or barricaded person situation
- § 18.2-50.3. Enticing, etc., another into a dwelling house with intent to commit certain felonies; penalty
Article 4. Assaults and Bodily Woundings
- § 18.2-51. Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc.
- § 18.2-51.1. Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel; penalty; lesser-included offense
- § 18.2-51.2. Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty
- § 18.2-51.3. Prohibition against reckless endangerment of others by throwing objects from places higher than one story; penalty
- § 18.2-51.4. Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated
- § 18.2-51.5. Maiming, etc., of another resulting from operating a watercraft while intoxicated; penalty
- § 18.2-51.6. Strangulation or suffocation of another; penalty
- § 18.2-51.7. Female genital mutilation; penalty
- § 18.2-52. Malicious bodily injury by means of any caustic substance or agent or use of any explosive or fire
- § 18.2-52.1. Possession of infectious biological substances or radiological agents; penalties
- § 18.2-52.2. Animal attack resulting from owner's disregard for human life; penalty
- § 18.2-53. Shooting, etc., in committing or attempting a felony
- § 18.2-53.1. Use or display of firearm in committing felony
- § 18.2-54. Conviction of lesser offenses under certain indictments
- § 18.2-54.1. Attempts to poison
- § 18.2-54.2. Adulteration of food, drink, drugs, cosmetics, etc.; penalty
- § 18.2-55. Bodily injuries caused by prisoners, state juvenile probationers and state and local adult probationers or adult parolees
- § 18.2-55.1. Hazing of youth gang members unlawful; criminal liability
- § 18.2-56. Hazing unlawful; civil and criminal liability; duty of school, etc., officials; penalty
- § 18.2-56.1. Reckless handling of firearms; reckless handling while hunting
- § 18.2-56.2. Allowing access to firearms by children; penalty
- § 18.2-57. Assault and battery; penalty
- § 18.2-57.01. Pointing laser at law-enforcement officer unlawful; penalty
- § 18.2-57.02. Disarming a law-enforcement or correctional officer; penalty
- § 18.2-57.1. Repealed
- § 18.2-57.2. Assault and battery against a family or household member; penalty
- § 18.2-57.3. Persons charged with first offense of assault and battery against a family or household member may be placed on local community-based probation; conditions; education and treatment programs; costs and fees; violations; discharge
- § 18.2-57.4. Reporting findings of assault and battery to military family advocacy representatives
- § 18.2-57.5. Certain matters not to constitute defenses
Article 5. Robbery
Article 6. Extortion and Other Threats
- § 18.2-59. Extortion of money, property or pecuniary benefit
- § 18.2-59.1. Sexual extortion; penalty
- § 18.2-60. Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family; threats of death or bodily injury to persons on school property; threats of death or bodily injury to health care providers; penalty
- § 18.2-60.1. Threatening the Governor or his immediate family
- § 18.2-60.2. Members of the Governor's immediate family
- § 18.2-60.3. Stalking; penalty
- § 18.2-60.4. Violation of protective orders; penalty
- § 18.2-60.5. Unauthorized use of electronic tracking device; penalty
Article 7. Criminal Sexual Assault
- § 18.2-61. Rape
- § 18.2-61.1. Testing of certain persons for sexually transmitted infections
- § 18.2-62. Repealed
- § 18.2-63. Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age
- § 18.2-63.1. Death of victim
- § 18.2-64. Repealed
- § 18.2-64.1. Carnal knowledge of certain minors
- § 18.2-64.2. Carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; penalty
- § 18.2-65. Repealed
- § 18.2-66. Repealed
- § 18.2-67. Depositions of complaining witnesses in cases of criminal sexual assault and attempted criminal sexual assault
- § 18.2-67.01. Not in effect
- § 18.2-67.1. Forcible sodomy
- § 18.2-67.2. Object sexual penetration; penalty
- § 18.2-67.2:1. Repealed
- § 18.2-67.3. Aggravated sexual battery; penalty
- § 18.2-67.4. Sexual battery
- § 18.2-67.4:1. Infected sexual battery; penalty
- § 18.2-67.4:2. Sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age; penalty
- § 18.2-67.5. Attempted rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual battery
- § 18.2-67.5:1. Punishment upon conviction of third misdemeanor offense
- § 18.2-67.5:2. Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent felony sexual assault
- § 18.2-67.5:3. Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent violent felony sexual assault
- § 18.2-67.6. Proof of physical resistance not required
- § 18.2-67.7. Admission of evidence (Supreme Court Rule 2:412 derived from this section)
- § 18.2-67.7:1. Evidence of similar crimes in child sexual offense cases (Supreme Court Rule 2:413 derived from this section)
- § 18.2-67.8. Closed preliminary hearings
- § 18.2-67.9. Testimony by child victims and witnesses using two-way closed-circuit television
- § 18.2-67.9:1. Use of a certified facility dog for testimony in a criminal proceeding
- § 18.2-67.10. General definitions
Article 8. Seduction
Article 9. Abortion
- § 18.2-71. Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty
- § 18.2-71.1. Partial birth infanticide; penalty
- § 18.2-72. When abortion lawful during first trimester of pregnancy
- § 18.2-73. When abortion lawful during second trimester of pregnancy
- § 18.2-74. When abortion or termination of pregnancy lawful after second trimester of pregnancy
- § 18.2-74.1. Abortion, etc., when necessary to save life of woman
- § 18.2-74.2. Repealed
- § 18.2-75. Conscience clause
- § 18.2-76. Informed written consent required
- § 18.2-76.1. Encouraging or promoting abortion
- § 18.2-76.2. Repealed
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