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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 128<\/a> and 132<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66660,"section_number":"18.2-246.6","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-246.6\/"}],"permalink":{"id":165459,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57779,"identifier":"18.2-110.1","token":"18.2\/5\/3\/18.2-110.1","url":"\/18.2-110.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-110.1\/","token":"18.2\/5\/3\/18.2-110.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mail theft; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-110.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Delivery service<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-246.6<\/a>. “Delivery service<\/span>” does not include the United States Postal Service<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Mail” means any letter, postal card, parcel, package, bag, or other material<\/span>, along with its contents, that (i) has postage affixed by the postal customer or a postal service<\/span>, (ii) has been accepted for delivery by a postal service<\/span>, (iii) the postal customer leaves for collection by a postal service<\/span>, or (iv) a postal service<\/span> delivers to the postal customer, which has not been retrieved from the mail receptacle<\/span>.\n\t\t\t“Mail receptacle<\/span>” means a mailbox, post office box, rural box, letter box, lock drawer, or any place or area intended or used by postal customers or a postal service<\/span> for the collection, deposit, or delivery of mail.\n\t\t\t“Postal service<\/span>” means the United States Postal Service<\/span> or a delivery service<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person who (i) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent<\/span> to deprive, injure, damage, or defraud another (a) takes, destroys, hides, or embezzles mail or (b) obtains any mail by fraud<\/span> or deception; (ii) buys, receives, conceals, or possesses (a) mail and knows or reasonably should know that the mail was unlawfully taken or obtained; (b) any key he knows or reasonably should know is suited to any lock adopted by the United States Postal Service<\/span> that provides access to any mail receptacle<\/span> located in a cluster mailbox unit or other mailbox panel<\/span> used for the purpose of centralized mail in any neighborhood, including any condominium or apartment complex; or (c) a counterfeit device or key designed to provide access to any lock described in clause (b); or (iii) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent<\/span> to steal<\/span> any mail inside damages<\/span>, opens, removes, injures, vandalizes, or destroys any mail receptacle<\/span> is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAIL THEFT; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-110.1)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Delivery service” means the same as that term is defined in\n§ 18.2-246.6. “Delivery service” does not include the United\nStates Postal Service.\n\t\t\t“Mail” means any letter, postal card, parcel, package, bag, or\nother material, along with its contents, that (i) has postage affixed by the\npostal customer or a postal service, (ii) has been accepted for delivery by a\npostal service, (iii) the postal customer leaves for collection by a postal\nservice, or (iv) a postal service delivers to the postal customer, which has not\nbeen retrieved from the mail receptacle.\n\t\t\t“Mail receptacle” means a mailbox, post office box, rural box,\nletter box, lock drawer, or any place or area intended or used by postal\ncustomers or a postal service for the collection, deposit, or delivery of mail.\n\t\t\t“Postal service” means the United States Postal Service or a\ndelivery service.\n\nB. Any person who (i) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to deprive,\ninjure, damage, or defraud another (a) takes, destroys, hides, or embezzles mail\nor (b) obtains any mail by fraud or deception; (ii) buys, receives, conceals, or\npossesses (a) mail and knows or reasonably should know that the mail was\nunlawfully taken or obtained; (b) any key he knows or reasonably should know is\nsuited to any lock adopted by the United States Postal Service that provides\naccess to any mail receptacle located in a cluster mailbox unit or other mailbox\npanel used for the purpose of centralized mail in any neighborhood, including\nany condominium or apartment complex; or (c) a counterfeit device or key\ndesigned to provide access to any lock described in clause (b); or (iii)\nknowingly, willfully, and with the intent to steal any mail inside damages,\nopens, removes, injures, vandalizes, or destroys any mail receptacle is guilty\nof a Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, cc. 128, 132.","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}}