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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 357<\/a> and 358<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86583,"section_number":"18.2-46.1","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-46.1\/"},{"id":68291,"section_number":"18.2-513","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-513\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74816,"identifier":"18.2-103.1","token":"18.2\/5\/3\/18.2-103.1","url":"\/18.2-103.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-103.1\/","token":"18.2\/5\/3\/18.2-103.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Organized retail theft; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-103.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Retail mercantile establishment<\/span>” means any place where merchandise is displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale to the public.\n\t\t\t“Retail property” means any article, product, commodity, item, or component intended to be sold in retail commerce.\n\t\t\t“Retail property fence<\/span>” means a person or business that buys retail property knowing or believing that such retail property has been unlawfully obtained. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person who conspires or acts in concert with another person to commit simple larceny<\/span> of retail property from one or more retail mercantile establishments<\/span>, with a value exceeding $5,000 aggregated over a 90-day period, with the intent<\/span> to sell such retail property for monetary or other gain, and who takes or causes such retail property to be placed in the control of a retail property fence<\/span> or other person and either (i) receives or possesses any retail property that has been obtained by simple larceny<\/span> from one or more retail mercantile establishments<\/span> while knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the property was unlawfully obtained or (ii) conspires or acts in concert with two or more other persons as an organizer, supervisor, financier, leader, or manager to engage for profit in a scheme or course of conduct to effectuate the transfer or sale of property obtained by simple larceny<\/span> from one or more retail mercantile establishments<\/span> is guilty of organized retail theft. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 3 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any larceny<\/span> of retail property occurring in more than one county or city may be aggregated into an alleged violation of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Venue<\/span> for the trial<\/span> of any person charged with an offense<\/span> under this section may be in the county or city in which (i) any act was performed in furtherance of the offense<\/span> or (ii) the person charged with the offense<\/span> resided at the time of the offense<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-103.1)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Retail mercantile establishment” means any place where\nmerchandise is displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale to the public.\n\t\t\t“Retail property” means any article, product, commodity, item, or\ncomponent intended to be sold in retail commerce.\n\t\t\t“Retail property fence” means a person or business that buys\nretail property knowing or believing that such retail property has been\nunlawfully obtained.\n\nB. Any person who conspires or acts in concert with another person to commit\nsimple larceny of retail property from one or more retail mercantile\nestablishments, with a value exceeding $5,000 aggregated over a 90-day period,\nwith the intent to sell such retail property for monetary or other gain, and who\ntakes or causes such retail property to be placed in the control of a retail\nproperty fence or other person and either (i) receives or possesses any retail\nproperty that has been obtained by simple larceny from one or more retail\nmercantile establishments while knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe\nthe property was unlawfully obtained or (ii) conspires or acts in concert with\ntwo or more other persons as an organizer, supervisor, financier, leader, or\nmanager to engage for profit in a scheme or course of conduct to effectuate the\ntransfer or sale of property obtained by simple larceny from one or more retail\nmercantile establishments is guilty of organized retail theft.\n\nC. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 3 felony.\n\nD. Any larceny of retail property occurring in more than one county or city may\nbe aggregated into an alleged violation of this section.\n\nE. Venue for the trial of any person charged with an offense under this section\nmay be in the county or city in which (i) any act was performed in furtherance\nof the offense or (ii) the person charged with the offense resided at the time\nof the offense.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 357, 358.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}