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Code of Virginia
Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Chapter 7. CRIMES INVOLVING HEALTH AND SAFETY
7/28/2026

§ 18.2-287.2. (Effective July 1, 2027) Wearing of body armor while committing a crime; penalty. (2026 updated section)

Any person who, while committing a crime of violence as defined in § 18.2-288 (2) or a felony violation of § 18.2-248 has in his possession a firearm or knife and is wearing body armor designed to diminish the effect of the impact of a bullet or projectile is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

1990, c. 936; 1997, c. 311; 2026, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.

18.2-287.2. (Effective until July 1, 2027) Wearing of body armor while committing a crime; penalty. (2026 updated section)

Any person who, while committing a crime of violence as defined in § 18.2-288 (2) or a felony violation of § 18.2-248 or subdivision (a) 2 or 3 of § 18.2-248.1, has in his possession a firearm or knife and is wearing body armor designed to diminish the effect of the impact of a bullet or projectile shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

1990, c. 936; 1997, c. 311.

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