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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 1968, chapter 460; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/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":61280,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":168039,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82336,"identifier":"18.2-414","token":"18.2\/9\/1\/18.2-414","url":"\/18.2-414\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-414\/","token":"18.2\/9\/1\/18.2-414","dublin_core":{"Title":"Injury to property or persons by persons unlawfully or riotously assembled","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-414","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person or persons, unlawfully or riotously assembled, pull down, injure, or destroy, or begin to pull down, injure or destroy any dwelling house or other building, or assist therein, or perpetrate any premeditated injury on the person of another, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINJURY TO PROPERTY OR PERSONS BY PERSONS UNLAWFULLY OR RIOTOUSLY ASSEMBLED (\u00a7\n18.2-414)\n\nIf any person or persons, unlawfully or riotously assembled, pull down, injure,\nor destroy, or begin to pull down, injure or destroy any dwelling house or other\nbuilding, or assist therein, or perpetrate any premeditated injury on the person\nof another, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-254.11; 1968, c. 460; 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}}