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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 445<\/a> and 480<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57863,"section_number":"19.2-152.13","catch_line":"Emergency substantial risk order","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-152.13\/"},{"id":54898,"section_number":"19.2-152.14","catch_line":"Substantial risk order","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-152.14\/"},{"id":74660,"section_number":"19.2-392.12","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.12\/"},{"id":86739,"section_number":"19.2-81.3","catch_line":"Arrest without a warrant authorized in cases of assault and battery against a family or household member and stalking and for violations of protective orders; procedure, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-81.3\/"},{"id":72356,"section_number":"20-124.3","catch_line":"Best interests of the child; visitation","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-124.3\/"},{"id":55596,"section_number":"22.1-279.3:2","catch_line":"Public elementary and secondary school students; protective orders; notification","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-279.3_2\/"},{"id":61453,"section_number":"63.2-1603","catch_line":"Protection of adults; definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1603\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75662,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-61\/"}],"permalink":{"id":171419,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81395,"identifier":"19.2-152.7:1","token":"19.2\/9.1\/19.2-152.7_1","url":"\/19.2-152.7_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-152.7_1\/","token":"19.2\/9.1\/19.2-152.7_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-152.7:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Act of violence, force, or threat<\/span>” means any act involving violence, force, or threat that results in bodily injury or places one in reasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault<\/span>, or bodily injury. Such act includes, but is not limited to, any forceful detention, stalking, criminal sexual assault<\/span> in violation of Article 7 (\u00a7 18.2-61<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2, or any criminal offense<\/span> that results in bodily injury or places one in reasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault<\/span>, or bodily injury.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 19.2-152.7:1)\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\t\t“Act of violence, force, or threat” means any act involving\nviolence, force, or threat that results in bodily injury or places one in\nreasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault, or bodily injury. Such act\nincludes, but is not limited to, any forceful detention, stalking, criminal\nsexual assault in violation of Article 7 (\u00a7 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of\nTitle 18.2, or any criminal offense that results in bodily injury or places one\nin reasonable apprehension of death, sexual assault, or bodily injury.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, cc. 445, 480.","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}}