Virginia criminal code — article
Article 2: Crimes by Mobs
Article 2 of Chapter 4: Crimes Against the Person, Code of Virginia. Statutory text on each section page is current through the legislative session it names.
Sections of Article 2
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-38 — "Mob" defined
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-39 — "Lynching" defined
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-40 — Lynching deemed murder
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-41 — Shooting, stabbing, etc., with intent to maim, kill, etc., by mob
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-42 — Assault or battery by mob
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-42.1 — Acts of violence by mob
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-43 — Apprehension and prosecution of participants in lynching
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-44 — Civil liability for lynching
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-45 — Persons suffering death from mob attempting to lynch another person
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-46 — Venue
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