{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/18.2-13.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/18.2-13.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/18.2-13.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/18.2-13.html"}],"law_id":63071,"edition_id":1,"section_id":63071,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-13","catch_line":"Same; by reference","history":"1975, cc. 14, 15.","full_text":"Where a statute in this Code prescribes punishment by stating that the offense is a misdemeanor, or that it is punishable as provided for in \u00a7 18.2-12, the offense shall be deemed to be a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":230026,"text":"Where a statute in this Code prescribes punishment by stating that the offense is a misdemeanor, or that it is punishable as provided for in \u00a7 18.2-12, the offense shall be deemed to be a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13634,"edition_id":1,"name":"Classification of Criminal Offenses and Punishment Therefor","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13633,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:26","permalink":{"id":164175,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13634,"identifier":"3","token":"18.2\/1\/3","url":"\/18.2\/1\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13633,"edition_id":1,"name":"In General","identifier":"1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12972,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:26","permalink":{"id":164141,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13633,"identifier":"1","token":"18.2\/1","url":"\/18.2\/1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12972,"edition_id":1,"name":"Crimes and Offenses Generally","identifier":"18.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","permalink":{"id":164139,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12972,"identifier":"18.2","token":"18.2","url":"\/18.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":83800,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-10","catch_line":"Punishment for conviction of felony; penalty","url":"\/18.2-10\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-10","metadata":false},{"id":87024,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-11","catch_line":"Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor","url":"\/18.2-11\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-11","metadata":false},{"id":86850,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-12","catch_line":"Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed","url":"\/18.2-12\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-12","metadata":false},{"id":54604,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-12.1","catch_line":"Mandatory minimum punishment; definition","url":"\/18.2-12.1\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-12.1","metadata":false},{"id":63071,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-13","catch_line":"Same; by reference","url":"\/18.2-13\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-13","metadata":false},{"id":78919,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-14","catch_line":"How unclassified offenses punished","url":"\/18.2-14\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-14","metadata":false},{"id":72949,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-15","catch_line":"Place of punishment","url":"\/18.2-15\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-15","metadata":false},{"id":56798,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-16","catch_line":"How common-law offenses punished","url":"\/18.2-16\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-16","metadata":false},{"id":67248,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-17","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/18.2-17\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-17","metadata":false},{"id":82319,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-8","catch_line":"Felonies, misdemeanors and traffic infractions defined","url":"\/18.2-8\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-8","metadata":false},{"id":71995,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-9","catch_line":"Classification of criminal offenses","url":"\/18.2-9\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-9","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":54604,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-12.1","catch_line":"Mandatory minimum punishment; definition","url":"\/18.2-12.1\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-12.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":78919,"structure_id":13634,"section_number":"18.2-14","catch_line":"How unclassified offenses punished","url":"\/18.2-14\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-14","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/18.2-13\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 14 and 15 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. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86850,"section_number":"18.2-12","catch_line":"Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164193,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63071,"identifier":"18.2-13","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-13","url":"\/18.2-13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-13\/","token":"18.2\/1\/3\/18.2-13","dublin_core":{"Title":"Same; by reference","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-13","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Where a <span class=\"dictionary\">statute<\/span> in this Code prescribes punishment by stating that the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> is a <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>, or that it is punishable as provided for in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Same; where no punishment or maximum punishment prescribed\" href=\"\/18.2-12\/\">18.2-12<\/a>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> shall be deemed to be a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSAME; BY REFERENCE (\u00a7 18.2-13)\n\nWhere a statute in this Code prescribes punishment by stating that the offense\nis a misdemeanor, or that it is punishable as provided for in \u00a7 18.2-12, the\noffense shall be deemed to be a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, cc. 14, 15.","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}}