The commission of a crime shall not stay or merge any civil remedy.
Code 1950, § 18.1-7; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
§ 18.2-2. Effect of repeal of Title 18.1 and enactment of this title
§ 18.2-3. Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated
§ 18.2-4. References to former sections, articles and chapters of Title 18.1 and others
§ 18.2-6. Meaning of certain terms
§ 18.2-7. Criminal act not to merge civil remedy
§ 18.2-8. Felonies, misdemeanors and traffic infractions defined
§ 18.2-9. Classification of criminal offenses
§ 18.2-10. Punishment for conviction of felony; penalty
§ 18.2-11. Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor
§ 18.2-12. Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed
§ 18.2-12.1. Mandatory minimum punishment; definition
§ 18.2-14. How unclassified offenses punished
§ 18.2-15. Place of punishment