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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. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1994, chapters 364<\/a> and 440<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 615<\/a> and 635<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"id":63586,"section_number":"53.1-202.3","catch_line":"Rate at which sentence credits may be earned; prerequisites","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-202.3\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164759,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74912,"identifier":"18.2-29","token":"18.2\/3\/2\/18.2-29","url":"\/18.2-29\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-29\/","token":"18.2\/3\/2\/18.2-29","dublin_core":{"Title":"Criminal solicitation; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-29","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to commit a felony<\/span> other than murder<\/span>, shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. Any person age eighteen or older who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person under age eighteen to commit a felony<\/span> other than murder<\/span>, shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony<\/span>. Any person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to commit a murder<\/span> is guilty of a felony<\/span> punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for a term not less than five years or more than forty years.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCRIMINAL SOLICITATION; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-29)\n\nAny person who commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another\nperson to commit a felony other than murder, shall be guilty of a Class 6\nfelony. Any person age eighteen or older who commands, entreats, or otherwise\nattempts to persuade another person under age eighteen to commit a felony other\nthan murder, shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony. Any person who commands,\nentreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to commit a murder is\nguilty of a felony punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility\nfor a term not less than five years or more than forty years.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, cc. 364, 440; 2002, cc. 615, 635.","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}}