Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 4 - Crimes Against the Person

§ 18.2-37. How and where homicide prosecuted and punished if death occur without the Commonwealth - If any person be stricken or poisoned in this Commonwealth,...

§ 18.2-37.1. Certain matters not to constitute defenses - A. Another person's actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity,...

§ 18.2-38. "Mob" defined - Any collection of people, assembled for the purpose and with...

§ 18.2-39. "Lynching" defined - Any act of violence by a mob upon the body...

§ 18.2-40. Lynching deemed murder - Every lynching shall be deemed murder. Any and every person...

§ 18.2-41. Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc., by mob - Any and every person composing a mob which shall maliciously...

§ 18.2-42. Assault or battery by mob - Any and every person composing a mob which shall commit...

§ 18.2-42.1. Acts of violence by mob - Any and every person composing a mob which commits an...

§ 18.2-43. Apprehension and prosecution of participants in lynching - The attorney for the Commonwealth of any county or city...

§ 18.2-44. Civil liability for lynching - No provisions of this article shall be construed to relieve...

§ 18.2-45. Persons suffering death from mob attempting to lynch another person - Every person suffering death from a mob attempting to lynch...

§ 18.2-46. Venue - Venue for all actions and prosecutions under any of the...

§ 18.2-46.1. Definitions - As used in this article unless the context requires otherwise...

§ 18.2-46.2. Prohibited criminal street gang participation; penalty - A. Any person who actively participates in or is a...

§ 18.2-46.3. Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang; penalty - A. Any person who solicits, invites, recruits, encourages or otherwise...

§ 18.2-46.3:1. Third or subsequent conviction of criminal street gang crimes - Upon a felony conviction of § 18.2-46.2 or § 18.2-46.3,...

§ 18.2-46.3:2. Forfeiture - All property, both personal and real, of any kind or...

§ 18.2-46.3:3. Enhanced punishment for gang activity taking place in a gang-free zone; penalties - Any person who violates § 18.2-46.2 (i) upon the property,...

§ 18.2-46.4. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise...

§ 18.2-46.5. Committing, conspiring and aiding and abetting acts of terrorism prohibited; penalty - A. Any person who commits or conspires to commit, or...

§ 18.2-46.6. Possession, manufacture, distribution, etc. of weapon of terrorism or hoax device prohibited; penalty - A. Any person who, with the intent to commit an...

§ 18.2-46.7. Act of bioterrorism against agricultural crops or animals; penalty - Any person who maliciously destroys or devastates agricultural crops or...

§ 18.2-46.8. Venue - Venue for any violation of this article may be had...

§ 18.2-46.9. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 995.

§ 18.2-46.10. Violation of sections within article separate and distinct offenses - A violation of any section in this article shall constitute...

§ 18.2-47. Abduction and kidnapping defined; punishment - A. Any person who, by force, intimidation or deception, and...

§ 18.2-48. Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose - Abduction (i) of any person with the intent to extort...

§ 18.2-48.1. Abduction by prisoners or committed persons; penalty - Any person confined in a state, local, or community correctional...

§ 18.2-49. Threatening, attempting, or assisting in such abduction; penalty - Any person who (1) threatens, or attempts, to abduct any...

§ 18.2-49.1. Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty - A. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally withholds a...

§ 18.2-50. Disclosure of information and assistance to law-enforcement officers required - Whenever it is brought to the attention of the members...

§ 18.2-50.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 479.

§ 18.2-50.2. Emergency control of telephone service in hostage or barricaded person situation - A. The Superintendent of the State Police or the chief...

§ 18.2-50.3. Enticing, etc., another into a dwelling house with intent to commit certain felonies; penalty - Any person who commits a violation of § 18.2-31, 18.2-32,...

§ 18.2-51. Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc. - If any person maliciously shoot, stab, cut, or wound any...

§ 18.2-51.1. Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel; penalty; lesser-included offense - If any person maliciously causes bodily injury to another by...

§ 18.2-51.2. Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty - A. If any person maliciously shoots, stabs, cuts or wounds...

§ 18.2-51.3. Prohibition against reckless endangerment of others by throwing objects from places higher than one story; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person, with the...

§ 18.2-51.4. Maiming, etc., of another resulting from driving while intoxicated - A. Any person who, as a result of driving while...

§ 18.2-51.5. Maiming, etc., of another resulting from operating a watercraft while intoxicated; penalty - A. Any person who, as a result of operating a...

§ 18.2-51.6. Strangulation of another; penalty - Any person who, without consent, impedes the blood circulation or...

§ 18.2-51.7. Female genital mutilation; penalty - A. Any person who knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in...

§ 18.2-52. Malicious bodily injury by means of any caustic substance or agent or use of any explosive or fire - If any person maliciously causes any other person bodily injury...

§ 18.2-52.1. Possession of infectious biological substances or radiological agents; penalties - A. Any person who possesses, with the intent thereby to...

§ 18.2-52.2. Animal attack resulting from owner's disregard for human life; penalty - A. Any owner of an animal is guilty of a...

§ 18.2-53. Shooting, etc., in committing or attempting a felony - If any person, in the commission of, or attempt to...

§ 18.2-53.1. Use or display of firearm in committing felony - It shall be unlawful for any person to use or...

§ 18.2-54. Conviction of lesser offenses under certain indictments - On any indictment for maliciously shooting, stabbing, cutting or wounding...

§ 18.2-54.1. Attempts to poison - If any person administers or attempts to administer any poison...

§ 18.2-54.2. Adulteration of food, drink, drugs, cosmetics, etc.; penalty - Any person who adulterates or causes to be adulterated any...

§ 18.2-55. Bodily injuries caused by prisoners, state juvenile probationers and state and local adult probationers or adult parolees - A. It shall be unlawful for a person confined in...

§ 18.2-55.1. Hazing of youth gang members unlawful; criminal liability - It shall be unlawful to cause bodily injury by hazing...

§ 18.2-56. Hazing unlawful; civil and criminal liability; duty of school, etc., officials; penalty - It shall be unlawful to haze so as to cause...

§ 18.2-56.1. Reckless handling of firearms; reckless handling while hunting - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to handle...

§ 18.2-56.2. Allowing access to firearms by children; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to recklessly...

§ 18.2-57. Assault and battery; penalty - A. Any person who commits a simple assault or assault...

§ 18.2-57.01. Pointing laser at law-enforcement officer unlawful; penalty - If any person, knowing or having reason to know another...

§ 18.2-57.02. Disarming a law-enforcement or correctional officer; penalty - Any person who knows or has reason to know a...

§ 18.2-57.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1997, c. 833.

§ 18.2-57.2. Assault and battery against a family or household member; penalty - A. Any person who commits an assault and battery against...

§ 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 - A. When a person is charged with a simple assault...

§ 18.2-57.4. Reporting findings of assault and battery to military family advocacy representatives - If any active duty member of the United States Armed...

§ 18.2-57.5. Certain matters not to constitute defenses - A. Another person's actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity,...

§ 18.2-58. Robbery; penalties - A. For the purposes of this section, "serious bodily injury"...

§ 18.2-58.1. Carjacking; penalty - A. Any person who commits carjacking, as herein defined, shall...

§ 18.2-59. Extortion of money, property or pecuniary benefit - Any person who (i) threatens injury to the character, person,...

§ 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 - A. 1. Any person who knowingly communicates, in a writing,...

§ 18.2-60.1. Threatening the Governor or his immediate family - Any person who shall knowingly and willfully send, deliver or...

§ 18.2-60.2. Members of the Governor's immediate family - As used in § 18.2-60.1, the immediate family of the...

§ 18.2-60.3. Stalking; penalty - A. Any person, except a law-enforcement officer, as defined in...

§ 18.2-60.4. Violation of protective orders; penalty - A. Any person who violates any provision of a protective...

§ 18.2-60.5. Unauthorized use of electronic tracking device; penalty - A. Any person who installs or places an electronic tracking...

§ 18.2-61. Rape - A. If any person has sexual intercourse with a complaining...

§ 18.2-62. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 465, cl....

§ 18.2-63. Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age - A. If any person carnally knows, without the use of...

§ 18.2-63.1. Death of victim - When the death of the victim occurs in connection with...

§ 18.2-64. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1981, c. 397.

§ 18.2-64.1. Carnal knowledge of certain minors - If any person providing services, paid or unpaid, to juveniles...

§ 18.2-64.2. Carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; penalty - A. An accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a...

§ 18.2-65. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1981, c. 397.

§ 18.2-66. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2008, cc. 174 and 206, cl. 2.

§ 18.2-67. Depositions of complaining witnesses in cases of criminal sexual assault and attempted criminal sexual assault - Before or during the trial for an offense or attempted...

§ 18.2-67.01. Not in effect - Not in effect.

§ 18.2-67.1. Forcible sodomy - A. An accused shall be guilty of forcible sodomy if...

§ 18.2-67.2. Object sexual penetration; penalty - A. An accused shall be guilty of inanimate or animate...

§ 18.2-67.2:1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 631, cl. 2.

§ 18.2-67.3. Aggravated sexual battery; penalty - A. An accused is guilty of aggravated sexual battery if...

§ 18.2-67.4. Sexual battery - A. An accused is guilty of sexual battery if he...

§ 18.2-67.4:1. Infected sexual battery; penalty - A. Any person who is diagnosed with a sexually transmitted...

§ 18.2-67.4:2. Sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age; penalty - Any adult who, with lascivious intent, commits an act of...

§ 18.2-67.5. Attempted rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual battery - A. An attempt to commit rape, forcible sodomy, or inanimate...

§ 18.2-67.5:1. Punishment upon conviction of third misdemeanor offense - When a person is convicted of sexual battery in violation...

§ 18.2-67.5:2. Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent felony sexual assault - A. Any person convicted of (i) more than one offense...

§ 18.2-67.5:3. Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent violent felony sexual assault - A. Any person convicted of more than one offense specified...

§ 18.2-67.6. Proof of physical resistance not required - The Commonwealth need not demonstrate that the complaining witness cried...

§ 18.2-67.7. Admission of evidence (Supreme Court Rule 2:412 derived from this section) - A. In prosecutions under this article, or under clause (iii)...

§ 18.2-67.7:1. Evidence of similar crimes in child sexual offense cases (Supreme Court Rule 2:413 derived from this section) - A. In a criminal case in which the defendant is...

§ 18.2-67.8. Closed preliminary hearings - In preliminary hearings for offenses charged under this article or...

§ 18.2-67.9. Testimony by child victims and witnesses using two-way closed-circuit television - A. The provisions of this section shall apply to an...

§ 18.2-67.9:1. Use of a certified facility dog for testimony in a criminal proceeding - A. As used in this section, "certified facility dog" means...

§ 18.2-67.10. General definitions - As used in this article: 1. "Complaining witness" means the...

§ 18.2-68. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1994, c. 59.

§ 18.2-71. Producing abortion or miscarriage, etc.; penalty - Except as provided in other sections of this article, if...

§ 18.2-71.1. Partial birth infanticide; penalty - A. Any person who knowingly performs partial birth infanticide and...

§ 18.2-72. When abortion lawful during first trimester of pregnancy - Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 18.2-71, it shall...

§ 18.2-73. When abortion lawful during second trimester of pregnancy - Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 18.2-71 and in...

§ 18.2-74. When abortion or termination of pregnancy lawful after second trimester of pregnancy - Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 18.2-71 and in...

§ 18.2-74.1. Abortion, etc., when necessary to save life of woman - In the event it is necessary for a licensed physician...

§ 18.2-74.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, cc. 961 and 963.

§ 18.2-75. Conscience clause - Nothing in §§ 18.2-72, 18.2-73 or § 18.2-74 shall require...

§ 18.2-76. Informed written consent required - Before performing any abortion or inducing any miscarriage or terminating...

§ 18.2-76.1. Encouraging or promoting abortion - If any person, by publication, lecture, advertisement, or by the...

§ 18.2-76.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 709, cl. 2.

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Code of Virginia Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally Chapter 4 - Crimes Against the Person

Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 4 - Crimes Against the Person