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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 568 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 1982 \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 2020, chapter 1002<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 336<\/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":62513,"section_number":"18.2-60.2","catch_line":"Members of the Governor's immediate family","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-60.2\/"},{"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":165105,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66281,"identifier":"18.2-60.1","token":"18.2\/4\/6\/18.2-60.1","url":"\/18.2-60.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-60.1\/","token":"18.2\/4\/6\/18.2-60.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Threatening the Governor or his immediate family","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-60.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who shall knowingly and willfully send, deliver or convey, or cause to be sent, delivered or conveyed, to the Governor or his immediate family any threat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon the Governor or his immediate family, whether such threat be oral or written, is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTHREATENING THE GOVERNOR OR HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY (\u00a7 18.2-60.1)\n\nAny person who shall knowingly and willfully send, deliver or convey, or cause\nto be sent, delivered or conveyed, to the Governor or his immediate family any\nthreat to take the life of or inflict bodily harm upon the Governor or his\nimmediate family, whether such threat be oral or written, is guilty of a Class 6\nfelony.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 568; 2020, c. 1002; 2022, c. 336.","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}}