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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":57160,"section_number":"16.1-260","catch_line":"Intake; petition; investigation","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-260\/"},{"id":63770,"section_number":"16.1-309.1","catch_line":"Exception as to confidentiality","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.1\/"},{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"id":83105,"section_number":"18.2-370.3","catch_line":"Sex offenses prohibiting residing in proximity to children; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-370.3\/"},{"id":56106,"section_number":"18.2-370.4","catch_line":"Sex offenses prohibiting working on school property; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-370.4\/"},{"id":68291,"section_number":"18.2-513","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-513\/"},{"id":75662,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-61\/"},{"id":73623,"section_number":"18.2-67.1","catch_line":"Forcible sodomy","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.1\/"},{"id":73072,"section_number":"18.2-67.2","catch_line":"Object sexual penetration; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.2\/"},{"id":55574,"section_number":"18.2-91","catch_line":"Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit larceny, assault and battery or other felony","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-91\/"},{"id":86326,"section_number":"19.2-270.1","catch_line":"Use of photographs as evidence in certain larceny and burglary prosecutions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-270.1\/"},{"id":84666,"section_number":"19.2-310.2:1","catch_line":"Saliva or tissue sample required for DNA analysis after arrest for a violent felony","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-310.2_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":78541,"section_number":"19.2-83.1","catch_line":"Report of arrest of school employees and adult students for certain offenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-83.1\/"},{"id":75182,"section_number":"37.2-314","catch_line":"Background check required","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-314\/"},{"id":67357,"section_number":"37.2-416.1","catch_line":"Background checks required; adult substance abuse and mental health services","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-416.1\/"},{"id":61726,"section_number":"37.2-506.1","catch_line":"Background checks required; adult substance abuse and mental health services","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-506.1\/"},{"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":165357,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67235,"identifier":"18.2-89","token":"18.2\/5\/2\/18.2-89","url":"\/18.2-89\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-89\/","token":"18.2\/5\/2\/18.2-89","dublin_core":{"Title":"Burglary; how punished","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-89","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person break and enter the dwelling house of another in the nighttime with <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to commit a <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span> or any <span class=\"dictionary\">larceny<\/span> therein, he shall be guilty of <span class=\"dictionary\">burglary<\/span>, punishable as a Class 3 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>; provided, however, that if such person was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of such entry, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBURGLARY; HOW PUNISHED (\u00a7 18.2-89)\n\nIf any person break and enter the dwelling house of another in the nighttime\nwith intent to commit a felony or any larceny therein, he shall be guilty of\nburglary, punishable as a Class 3 felony; provided, however, that if such person\nwas armed with a deadly weapon at the time of such entry, he shall be guilty of\na Class 2 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-86; 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}}