Virginia legal term
Manufacturer in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Manufacturer” 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 “Manufacturer” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Manufacturer" means every person who manufactures, a manufacturer's co-licensed partner, or a repackager. (Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-3401)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Counterfeit cigarettes
- Identification of certain personalty
- Obtaining drugs, procuring administration of controlled substances, etc., by fraud, deceit or forgery
- Prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms
- Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons subject to protective orders
- Removing, altering, etc., serial number or other identification on firearm
- Advertising new or used automobiles or trucks
- Buying, etc., certain secondhand materials
- Buying, etc., pig iron, etc., with intent to defraud
- Carrying loaded firearms in public areas prohibited
- Drinking while operating a motor vehicle
- Failure to indicate goods, etc., are "seconds," "irregulars," "secondhand," etc
Related terms in the same statutes
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