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Title page to the Code of 1819, formally titled The Revised Code of the Laws of Virginia. The Code of Virginia is the statutory law of the U.S. state of Virginia and consists of the codified legislation of the Virginia General Assembly. The 1950 Code of Virginia is the revision currently in force.
VA code 18.2-308.014 (reciprocity) states: A valid concealed handgun or concealed weapon permit or license issued by another state shall authorize the holder of such permit or license who is at least 21 years of age to carry a concealed handgun in the Commonwealth, provided
Virginia was the last state to guarantee an automatic right of appeal for all civil and criminal cases. Its Court of Appeals increased from 11 to 17 judges in 2021. [328] [329] The Code of Virginia is the statutory law and consists of the codified legislation of the
Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, when Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill into law. The law took effect on July 1, 2021. Virginia is the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, and the first southern state in United States history to do so.
Virginia: Persons for whom marriages are prohibited; relations with children and grandchildren. Adultery or fornication 1y to 10y and up to $2,500 fine (18 years of age or older); 5y to 20y and up to $100,000 fine (under 18 years of age) [70] Washington
In March 2024, the governor signed into law a bill explicitly "protecting and codifying" same-sex marriage into the Virginia Code. Effective from July 1. [9] [10] Virginia voters ratified a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman in November 2006. [11]
In the 1990s, the Virginia General Assembly tightened the laws on cannabis, but added a provision allowing its use and distribution for cancer and glaucoma. [6] There is currently a provision in the law, § 18.2-251, which allows a case to be dismissed if the offender goes through probation and treatment. [7]
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.