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2021 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 3 - Inchoate Offenses
§ 18.2-27. Attempts to commit misdemeanors; how punished

Universal Citation:
VA Code § 18.2-27 (2021)
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Every person who attempts to commit an offense which is a misdemeanor shall be punishable by the same punishment prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the attempt.

Code 1950, ยง 18.1-19; 1960, c. 358; 1972, c. 52; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

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