Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 1 - In General

§ 18.2-1. Repealing clause - All acts and parts of acts, all sections of this...

§ 18.2-2. Effect of repeal of Title 18.1 and enactment of this title - The repeal of Title 18.1, effective as of October 1,...

§ 18.2-3. Certain notices, recognizances and processes validated - Any notice given, recognizance taken, or process or writ issued...

§ 18.2-4. References to former sections, articles and chapters of Title 18.1 and others - Whenever in this title any of the conditions, requirements, provisions...

§ 18.2-5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 839, cl. 10, effective October...

§ 18.2-6. Meaning of certain terms - As used in this title: The word "court," unless otherwise...

§ 18.2-7. Criminal act not to merge civil remedy - The commission of a crime shall not stay or merge...

§ 18.2-8. Felonies, misdemeanors and traffic infractions defined - Offenses are either felonies or misdemeanors. Such offenses as are...

§ 18.2-9. Classification of criminal offenses - (1) Felonies are classified, for the purposes of punishment and...

§ 18.2-10. Punishment for conviction of felony; penalty - The authorized punishments for conviction of a felony are: (a)...

§ 18.2-11. Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor - The authorized punishments for conviction of a misdemeanor are: (a)...

§ 18.2-12. Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed - A misdemeanor for which no punishment or no maximum punishment...

§ 18.2-12.1. Mandatory minimum punishment; definition - "Mandatory minimum" wherever it appears in this Code means, for...

§ 18.2-13. Same; by reference - Where a statute in this Code prescribes punishment by stating...

§ 18.2-14. How unclassified offenses punished - Offenses defined in Title 18.2 and in other titles in...

§ 18.2-15. Place of punishment - Imprisonment for conviction of a felony shall be by confinement...

§ 18.2-16. How common-law offenses punished - A common-law offense, for which punishment is prescribed by statute,...

§ 18.2-17. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344 and...