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§ 18.2-42.1 Acts of violence by mob

Any and every person composing a mob which commits an act of violence as defined in § 19.2-297.1 shall be guilty of that act of violence and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in the section of this title which makes that act of violence unlawful.

History

This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 623 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

1999, c. 623.

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