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§ 18.2-323.02 Prohibition against concealment of dead body; penalty

Any person who transports, secretes, conceals or alters a dead body, as defined in § 32.1-249, with malicious intent and to prevent detection of an unlawful act or to prevent the detection of the death or the manner or cause of death is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

History

This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 436 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.

2007, c. 436.

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