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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 1960, chapter 358; 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":164517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85381,"identifier":"18.2-485","token":"18.2\/11\/1\/18.2-485","url":"\/18.2-485\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-485\/","token":"18.2\/11\/1\/18.2-485","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conspiring to incite one race to insurrection against another race","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-485","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person conspire with another to incite the population of one race to acts of violence and war against the population of another race, he shall, whether such acts of violence and war be made or not, be guilty of a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSPIRING TO INCITE ONE RACE TO INSURRECTION AGAINST ANOTHER RACE (\u00a7 18.2-485)\n\nIf any person conspire with another to incite the population of one race to acts\nof violence and war against the population of another race, he shall, whether\nsuch acts of violence and war be made or not, be guilty of a Class 4 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-422; 1960, c. 358; 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}}