Virginia legal term
Operation in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Operation” 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 “Operation” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Operation" means the activities associated with production of a charitable gaming or electronic gaming activity, which may include (i) the direct on-site supervision of the conduct of charitable gaming and electronic gaming; (ii) coordination of volunteers; and (iii) all responsibilities of charitable gaming and electronic gaming designated by the organization's management. (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-340.16)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults
- Breaking, injuring, defacing, destroying, or preventing the operation of vehicle, aircraft, boat, or vessel
- Driving after forfeiture of license
- Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons subject to protective orders
- Accessories to gambling activity
- Administrative impoundment of motor vehicle for certain driving while license suspended or revoked offenses
- Application for and issuance of search warrant for a tracking device
- Conducting illegal gambling operation
- Disorderly conduct in public places
- Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked
- Female genital mutilation
- General prohibition on pen register and trap and trace device use
Related terms in the same statutes
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