Virginia legal term
Notice in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Notice” 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 “Notice” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Notice" means: 1. (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-186.6)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Obtaining or attempting to obtain oil, electric, gas, water, telephone, telegraph, cable television or electronic communication service without payment
- Penalties for failure to appear
- Providing false information or failing to provide registration information
- Reckless handling of firearms
- Stalking
- Trespass upon church or school property
- Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system
- Abuse and neglect of children
- Administrative impoundment of motor vehicle for certain driving while license suspended or revoked offenses
- Burial or cremation of animals or fowls which have died
- Commission of certain offenses in county, city or town declared by Governor to be in state of riot or insurrection
- Disclosure of expunged records
Related terms in the same statutes
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