Virginia legal term
Crime in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Crime” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Crime” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Crime" means an act committed by any person in the Commonwealth of Virginia which would constitute a crime as defined by the Code of Virginia or at common law. (Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-368.2)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Computer fraud
- Computer invasion of privacy
- Concealing or compounding offenses
- Criminal background check required for employees of a gun dealer to transfer firearms
- Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials
- Identity theft
- Obstructing justice
- Theft of computer services
- Unlawful use of payment card scanning devices and re-encoders
- Violation of protective orders
- Violation of provisions of protective orders
- Application for and issuance of search warrant for a tracking device
Related terms in the same statutes
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