Virginia legal term
Manufacture in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Manufacture” 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 “Manufacture” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Manufacture" means the production, preparation, propagation, conversion, or processing of any item regulated by this chapter, either directly or indirectly by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container. (Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-3401)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Certain premises deemed common nuisance
- Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing medetomidine or xylazine
- Obtaining drugs, procuring administration of controlled substances, etc., by fraud, deceit or forgery
- Penalties for sale, etc., of drug paraphernalia
- Prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms
- Devices for puncturing motor vehicle tires
- Eligibility for parole
- Illegal stimulants and steroids
- Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms prohibited
- Manufacture, etc., of slugs, etc., for such unlawful use
- Manufacture, importation, sale, possession, transfer, or transportation of auto sears and trigger activators prohibited
- Manufacture, possession, sale or advertising of certain devices unlawful
Related terms in the same statutes
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