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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 588<\/a> and 623<\/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":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\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":58640,"section_number":"53.1-40.02","catch_line":"Conditional release of terminally ill prisoners","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-40.02\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73581,"section_number":"3.2-5900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5900\/"}],"permalink":{"id":164913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60578,"identifier":"18.2-46.7","token":"18.2\/4\/2.2\/18.2-46.7","url":"\/18.2-46.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-46.7\/","token":"18.2\/4\/2.2\/18.2-46.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Act of bioterrorism against agricultural crops or animals; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-46.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who maliciously destroys or devastates agricultural crops<\/span> or agricultural animals<\/span> having a value of $2,500 or more through the use of an infectious biological substance with the intent<\/span> to (i) intimidate the civilian population or (ii) influence the conduct or activities of the government of the United States, a state or locality through intimidation, is guilty of a Class 3 felony<\/span>.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section “agricultural animal<\/span>” means all livestock and poultry as defined in \u00a7 3.2-5900<\/a> and “agricultural crop<\/span>” means cultivated plants or produce, including grain, silage, forages, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits, nursery stock or turf grass.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nACT OF BIOTERRORISM AGAINST AGRICULTURAL CROPS OR ANIMALS; PENALTY (\u00a7\n18.2-46.7)\n\nAny person who maliciously destroys or devastates agricultural crops or\nagricultural animals having a value of $2,500 or more through the use of an\ninfectious biological substance with the intent to (i) intimidate the civilian\npopulation or (ii) influence the conduct or activities of the government of the\nUnited States, a state or locality through intimidation, is guilty of a Class 3\nfelony.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section “agricultural animal” means all\nlivestock and poultry as defined in \u00a7 3.2-5900 and “agricultural\ncrop” means cultivated plants or produce, including grain, silage,\nforages, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits, nursery stock or turf grass.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, cc. 588, 623.","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}}