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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-448 — Certain matters not to constitute defenses

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 3: Bribery of Public Servants and Party Officials, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-448

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. § 18.2-448Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

It shall be no defense to any prosecution under § 18.2-447 that a person whom the actor sought to influence was not qualified to act in the desired way, whether because he had not yet assumed office, or lacked jurisdiction, or for any other reason. Also it shall be no defense to a prosecution under § 18.2-447 that a resident of this Commonwealth charged with committing an act of bribery was temporarily absent from this Commonwealth at the time such act was committed.

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