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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.
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]
The law of Virginia consists of several levels of legal rules, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory, case law, and local laws. The Code of Virginia contains the codified legislation that define the general statutory laws for the Commonwealth.
In the state of Virginia, the common law felony murder rule is codified at Code of Virginia §§ 18.2-32, 18.2-33. [2] This rule provides that anyone who kills another human being during the perpetration or attempted perpetration of arson, rape, forcible sodomy, inanimate or animate object sexual penetration, robbery, burglary or abduction is guilty of first degree murder.
Notably, the law does not apply to transfers of firearms in which nothing of value is exchanged for the firearm. [7] [8] The penalty for noncompliance with the law is a Class 1 misdemeanor. In Virginia, Class 1 misdemeanors are punishable by up to 1 year in jail and a $2,500 fine. [9] Red flag law? Yes: Yes
Change effective Jan. 1, 2025. The 2025 minimum coverage increase is phase two of Virginia’s car insurance overhaul. Up until June 2024, drivers could choose to pay an uninsured motorist fee ...
The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Virginia, amongst other states. [2] March 10 – Five people are killed after an IAI Astra 1125 private jet crashes near Hot Springs. [3] April 15 – Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse: A federal court in Virginia hears the first claims by survivors of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Virginia's criminal code obligates an individual going upon the property of another with intent to hunt, fish, or trap to identify themselves upon demand of the landowner or the landowner's agents (§ 18.2–133), and further imposes an affirmative duty on law enforcement to enforce that section (§ 18.2–136.1).