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Code of Virginia
Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally
8/25/2019

Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally (2019 Updates)

  • Chapter 4. Crimes Against the Person
    • Article 1. Homicide
      • § 18.2-31
      Capital murder defined; punishment
    • Article 4. Assaults and Bodily Woundings
      • § 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
      § 18.2-57
      Assault and battery; 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
    • Article 6. Extortion and Other Threats
      • § 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
    • Article 7. Criminal Sexual Assault
      • § 18.2-67.9
      Testimony by child victims and witnesses using two-way closed-circuit television
  • Chapter 5. Crimes Against Property
    • Article 5. Trespass to Realty
      • § 18.2-121.3
      Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalty
  • Chapter 6. Crimes Involving Fraud
    • Article 5. False Representations to Obtain Property or Credit
      • § 18.2-186.6
      Breach of personal information notification
      § 18.2-198.1
      Venue
    • Article 6. Offenses Relating to Credit Cards
      • § 18.2-246.8
      Age verification requirements
    • Article 10. Cigarette Delivery Sale Requirements
      • § 18.2-246.10
      Shipping requirements
  • Chapter 7. Crimes Involving Health and Safety
    • Article 1. Drugs
      • § 18.2-247
      Use of terms "controlled substances," "marijuana," "Schedules I, II, III, IV, V and VI," "imitation controlled substance" and "counterfeit controlled substance" in Title 18.2
      § 18.2-250.1
      Possession of marijuana unlawful
      § 18.2-251
      Persons charged with first offense may be placed on probation; conditions; substance abuse screening, assessment treatment and education programs or services; drug tests; costs and fees; violations; discharge
      § 18.2-251.03
      Safe reporting of overdoses
      § 18.2-251.1:1
      Possession or distribution of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil; public schools
      § 18.2-254.2
      Specialty dockets; report
      § 18.2-259.1
      Forfeiture of driver's license for violations of article
      § 18.2-264
      Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances or causing, etc., others to do so
    • Article 2. Driving Motor Vehicle, Etc., While Intoxicated
      • § 18.2-268.7
      Transmission of blood test samples; use as evidence
    • Article 6.1. Concealed Weapons and Concealed Handgun Permits
      • § 18.2-308.02
      Application for a concealed handgun permit; Virginia resident or domiciliary
      § 18.2-308.09
      Disqualifications for a concealed handgun permit
    • Article 7. Other Illegal Weapons
      • § 18.2-308.2
      (Effective until January 1, 2021) Possession or transportation of firearms, firearms ammunition, stun weapons, explosives or concealed weapons by convicted felons; penalties; petition for permit; when issued
      § 18.2-308.2
      (Effective January 1, 2021) Possession or transportation of firearms, firearms ammunition, stun weapons, explosives or concealed weapons by convicted felons; penalties; petition for restoration order; when issued
    • Article 8. Miscellaneous Dangerous Conduct
      • § 18.2-324.1
      (Repealed effective October 1, 2019) Punishment for violation of §§ 55-298.1 through 55-298.5, relating to electric fences
  • Chapter 8. Crimes Involving Morals and Decency
    • Article 1. Crimes Involving Morals and Decency
      • § 18.2-325
      Definitions
    • Article 3. Commercial Sex Trafficking, Prostitution, Etc
      • § 18.2-347
      Keeping, residing in, or frequenting a bawdy place; "bawdy place" defined; penalty
      § 18.2-348
      Aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse, etc.; penalty
      § 18.2-348.1
      Promoting travel for prostitution; penalty
      § 18.2-349
      Using vehicles to promote prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse; penalty
      § 18.2-350
      Confinement of convicted prostitutes and persons violating §§ 18.2-347 through 18.2-349
      § 18.2-357.1
      Commercial sex trafficking; penalties
    • Article 4. Family Offenses; Crimes Against Children, Etc
      • § 18.2-369
      Abuse and neglect of incapacitated adults; penalty
      § 18.2-371.2
      Prohibiting purchase or possession of tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products by a person under 21 years of age or sale of tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products to persons under 21 years of age
    • Article 5. Obscenity and Related Offenses
      • § 18.2-386.2
      Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty
    • Article 8. Offenses Involving Animals
      • § 18.2-403.2
      Offenses involving animals — Class 3 misdemeanors
  • Chapter 9. Crimes Against Peace and Order
    • Article 6. Unlawful Use of Telephones
      • § 18.2-429.1
      False caller identification information; penalty
  • Chapter 10. Crimes Against the Administration of Justice
    • Article 5. Contempt of Court
      • § 18.2-456
      Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for contempt
    • Article 6. Interference with Administration of Justice
      • § 18.2-461
      Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials
  • Chapter 13. Virginia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act