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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1970, chapter 381; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 1985, chapter 110; in 1992, chapter 546; in 1997, chapter 832<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 842<\/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":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":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\/"},{"id":80819,"section_number":"9.1-902","catch_line":"Offenses requiring registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-902\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62707,"section_number":"18.2-77","catch_line":"Burning or destroying dwelling house, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-77\/"},{"id":61666,"section_number":"18.2-79","catch_line":"Burning or destroying meeting house, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-79\/"},{"id":54834,"section_number":"18.2-80","catch_line":"Burning or destroying any other building or structure","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-80\/"}],"permalink":{"id":165361,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60995,"identifier":"18.2-90","token":"18.2\/5\/2\/18.2-90","url":"\/18.2-90\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-90\/","token":"18.2\/5\/2\/18.2-90","dublin_core":{"Title":"Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-90","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person in the nighttime enters without breaking or in the daytime breaks and enters or enters and conceals himself in a dwelling house or an adjoining, occupied outhouse or in the nighttime enters without breaking or at any time breaks and enters or enters and conceals himself in any building permanently affixed to realty, or any ship, vessel or river craft or any railroad car, or any automobile, truck or trailer, if such automobile, truck or trailer is used as a dwelling or place of human habitation, with intent<\/span> to commit murder<\/span>, rape<\/span>, robbery<\/span> or arson<\/span> in violation of \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-77<\/a>, 18.2-79<\/a> or \u00a7 18.2-80<\/a>, he shall be deemed guilty of statutory burglary<\/span>, which offense<\/span> shall be a Class 3 felony<\/span>. However, if such person was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of such entry, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENTERING DWELLING HOUSE, ETC., WITH INTENT TO COMMIT MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY OR\nARSON; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-90)\n\nIf any person in the nighttime enters without breaking or in the daytime breaks\nand enters or enters and conceals himself in a dwelling house or an adjoining,\noccupied outhouse or in the nighttime enters without breaking or at any time\nbreaks and enters or enters and conceals himself in any building permanently\naffixed to realty, or any ship, vessel or river craft or any railroad car, or\nany automobile, truck or trailer, if such automobile, truck or trailer is used\nas a dwelling or place of human habitation, with intent to commit murder, rape,\nrobbery or arson in violation of \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-77, 18.2-79 or \u00a7 18.2-80, he shall\nbe deemed guilty of statutory burglary, which offense shall be a Class 3 felony.\nHowever, if such person was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of such\nentry, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-88; 1960, c. 358; 1970, c. 381; 1975, cc. 14, 15;\n1985, c. 110; 1992, c. 546; 1997, c. 832; 2004, c. 842.","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}}