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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-40 — Lynching deemed murder

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 2: Crimes by Mobs, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-40

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-40Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
Every lynching shall be deemed murder. Any and every person composing a mob and any and every accessory thereto, by which any person is lynched, shall be guilty of murder, and upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Article 1 (§ 18.2-30 et seq.) of this chapter.

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