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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 500 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66829,"section_number":"16.1-269.1","catch_line":"Trial in circuit court; preliminary hearing; direct indictment; remand","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-269.1\/"},{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"id":56020,"section_number":"19.2-297.1","catch_line":"Sentence of person twice previously convicted of certain violent felonies","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-297.1\/"},{"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":73781,"section_number":"53.1-131.2","catch_line":"Assignment to a home\/electronic incarceration program; payment to defray costs; escape; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-131.2\/"},{"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":false,"permalink":{"id":165087,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71665,"identifier":"18.2-58.1","token":"18.2\/4\/5\/18.2-58.1","url":"\/18.2-58.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-58.1\/","token":"18.2\/4\/5\/18.2-58.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Carjacking; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-58.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person who commits carjacking<\/span>, as herein defined, shall be guilty of a felony<\/span> punishable by imprisonment for life or a term not less than fifteen years. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> As used in this section, “carjacking<\/span>” means the intentional seizure or seizure of control of a motor vehicle<\/span> of another with intent<\/span> to permanently or temporarily deprive another in possession<\/span> or control of the vehicle of that possession<\/span> or control by means of partial strangulation, or suffocation, or by striking or beating, or by other violence to the person, or by assault<\/span> or otherwise putting a person in fear of serious bodily harm, or by the threat or presenting of firearms, or other deadly weapon or instrumentality whatsoever. “Motor vehicle<\/span>” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 46.2-100<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The provisions of this section shall not preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law<\/span> of the Commonwealth which may apply to any course of conduct which violates this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCARJACKING; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-58.1)\n\nA. Any person who commits carjacking, as herein defined, shall be guilty of a\nfelony punishable by imprisonment for life or a term not less than fifteen\nyears.\n\nB. As used in this section, “carjacking” means the intentional\nseizure or seizure of control of a motor vehicle of another with intent to\npermanently or temporarily deprive another in possession or control of the\nvehicle of that possession or control by means of partial strangulation, or\nsuffocation, or by striking or beating, or by other violence to the person, or\nby assault or otherwise putting a person in fear of serious bodily harm, or by\nthe threat or presenting of firearms, or other deadly weapon or instrumentality\nwhatsoever. “Motor vehicle” shall have the same meaning as set forth\nin § 46.2-100.\n\nC. The provisions of this section shall not preclude the applicability of any\nother provision of the criminal law of the Commonwealth which may apply to any\ncourse of conduct which violates this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 500.","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}}