Virginia legal term
Employment in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Employment” 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 “Employment” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Employment" includes full- or part-time, temporary or permanent or contractual employment at an institution of higher education either with or without compensation. (Va. Code Ann. § 9.1-906)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Computer invasion of privacy
- Criminal background check required for employees of a gun dealer to transfer firearms
- Interception, disclosure, etc., of wire, electronic or oral communications unlawful
- Obtaining drugs, procuring administration of controlled substances, etc., by fraud, deceit or forgery
- Prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms
- Advances secured by fraudulent promise to perform agricultural labor
- Combinations to injure others in their reputation, trade, business or profession
- Disclosure of expunged records
- Interception or monitoring of customer telephone calls
- Penalizing employee for court appearance or service on jury panel
- Picketing or disrupting tranquility of home
- Possession of a weapon in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services prohibited
Related terms in the same statutes
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