2019 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 4 - Crimes Against the Person
§ 18.2-44. Civil liability for lynching

Universal Citation: VA Code § 18.2-44 (2019)

No provisions of this article shall be construed to relieve any member of a mob from civil liability to the personal representative of the victim of a lynching.

Code 1950, ยง 18.1-33; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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