Suits to enjoin barratry may be brought by the Attorney General or the attorney for the Commonwealth in the appropriate circuit court.
Code 1950, § 18.1-392; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 10 - Crimes Against the Administration of Justice
§ 18.2-434. What deemed perjury; punishment and penalty
§ 18.2-436. Inducing another to give false testimony; sufficiency of evidence
§ 18.2-437. Immunity of witnesses
§ 18.2-438. Bribes to officers or candidates for office
§ 18.2-439. Acceptance of bribe by officer or candidate
§ 18.2-440. Bribes to officers to prevent service of process
§ 18.2-441. Giving bribes to, or receiving bribes by, commissioners, jurors, etc.
§ 18.2-441.1. Bribery of witnesses
§ 18.2-442. Bribery of participants in games, contests or sports
§ 18.2-443. Solicitation or acceptance of bribes by participants or by managers, coaches or trainers
§ 18.2-444. Corruptly influencing, or being influenced as, agents, etc.
§ 18.2-445. Immunity of witnesses
§ 18.2-447. When person guilty of bribery
§ 18.2-448. Certain matters not to constitute defenses
§ 18.2-450. Immunity of witnesses
§ 18.2-451. Definitions; application and construction of article
§ 18.2-453. Aiders and abettors
§ 18.2-454. Enjoining barratry
§ 18.2-455. Unprofessional conduct; revocation of license
§ 18.2-456. Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for contempt
§ 18.2-457. Fine and imprisonment by court limited unless jury impaneled
§ 18.2-458. Power of judge of district court to punish for contempt
§ 18.2-459. Appeal from sentence of such judge
§ 18.2-460. Obstructing justice; resisting arrest; fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalties
§ 18.2-461. Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials
§ 18.2-462. Concealing or compounding offenses; penalties
§ 18.2-462.1. Use of police radio during commission of crime
§ 18.2-463. Refusal to aid officer in execution of his office
§ 18.2-464. Failure to obey order of conservator of the peace
§ 18.2-465. Officer summoning juror to act impartially
§ 18.2-465.1. Penalizing employee for court appearance or service on jury panel
§ 18.2-466. Corruptly procuring juror to be summoned
§ 18.2-467. Fraud in drawing jurors, etc.
§ 18.2-468. Making sound recordings of jury deliberations
§ 18.2-469. Officer refusing, delaying, etc., to execute process for criminal
§ 18.2-470. Extortion by officer
§ 18.2-471. Fraudulent issue of fee bills
§ 18.2-471.1. Destruction of human biological evidence; penalty
§ 18.2-472. False entries or destruction of records by officers
§ 18.2-473. Persons aiding escape of prisoner or child
§ 18.2-473.1. Communication with prisoners or committed person; penalty
§ 18.2-473.2. Covering a security camera in a correctional facility; penalty
§ 18.2-474. Delivery of articles to prisoners or committed person
§ 18.2-474.1. Delivery of drugs, firearms, explosives, etc., to prisoners or committed persons
§ 18.2-474.2. Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty
§ 18.2-477. Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished
§ 18.2-477.1. Escapes from juvenile facility; penalty
§ 18.2-478. Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail
§ 18.2-479. Escape without force or violence or setting fire to jail
§ 18.2-480. Escape, etc., by setting fire to jail
§ 18.2-480.1. Admissibility of records of Department of Corrections in escape cases