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Virginia Statutes, Title 18.2

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Title 18.2, Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally

13 chapters · 884 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 18.2884 Ch 7, Chapter 7. Crimes Involving Health a…204 Ch 5, Chapter 5. Crimes Against Property.138 Ch 6, Chapter 6. Crimes Involving Fraud.129 Ch 8, Chapter 8. Crimes Involving Morals a…123 Ch 4, Chapter 4. Crimes Against the Person.115 Ch 10, Chapter 10. Crimes Against the Admin…63 Ch 9, Chapter 9. Crimes Against Peace and …37 Ch 12, Chapter 12. Miscellaneous.28 Ch 1, Chapter 1. In General.17 Ch 11, Chapter 11. Offenses Against the Sov…13 Ch 3, Chapter 3. Inchoate Offenses.8 Ch 13, Chapter 13. Virginia Racketeer Influ…6 Ch 2, Chapter 2. Principals and Accessories.3

13 sections·Filtered byTitle 18.2✕Ch 11✕

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-481 Treason defined; how proved and punished
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Treason shall consist only in: (1) Levying war against the Commonwealth; (2) Adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort; (3) Establishing, without authority of the legislature, any government within its limits separate from the existing government; (4) Holding or execut…
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-482 Misprision of treason
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If any person knowing of such treason shall not, as soon as may be, give information thereof to the Governor, or some conservator of the peace, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-483 Attempting, or instigating others, to establish usurped government
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If any person attempt to establish any such usurped government and commit any overt act therefor or by writing or speaking endeavor to instigate others to establish such government, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-484 Advocacy of change in government by force, violence or other unlawful means
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It shall be unlawful for any person, group, or organization to advocate any change, by force, violence, or other unlawful means in the government of the Commonwealth of Virginia or any of its subdivisions or in the government of the United States of America. It shall be unlawful …

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-485 Conspiring to incite one race to insurrection against another race

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If any person conspire with another to incite the population of one race to acts of violence and war against the population of another race, he shall, whether such acts of violence and war be made or not, be guilty of a Class 4 felony.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-486 Definition of flag, standard, etc

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The words flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as used in this article, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-487 Exhibition or display

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No person shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display: (1) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this Commonwealth, or authorized …

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-488 Mutilating, defacing, etc

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No person shall publicly burn with contempt, mutilate, deface, defile, trample upon, or wear with intent to defile any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-488.1 Flag at half staff or mast for certain public safety personnel killed in the line of duty

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A. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Emergency medical services provider" means the same as that term is defined in § 32.1-111.1 and any member of a volunteer emergency medical services agency. "Firefighter" means the same as that term is …

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-489 To what article applies

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This article shall not apply to any act permitted by the statutes of the United States or by the laws of this Commonwealth, or by the United States armed forces regulations, nor shall it apply to any printed or written document or production, stationery, ornament, picture or jewe…

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-490 Penalty

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Any violation of this article shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The provisions of this section shall not apply to § 18.2-488.1.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-491 Construction

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This article shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose, and to make uniform the laws of the states which enact it.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-492 Short title

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This article may be cited as the Uniform Flag Act.