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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 855 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 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1991, chapter 591.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77248,"section_number":"18.2-26","catch_line":"Attempts to commit felonies other than Class 1 felony offenses; how punished","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-26\/"},{"id":68612,"section_number":"18.2-27","catch_line":"Attempts to commit misdemeanors; how punished","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-27\/"},{"id":61097,"section_number":"18.2-28","catch_line":"Maximum punishment for attempts","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-28\/"}],"permalink":{"id":261259,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75023,"identifier":"59.1-405","token":"59.1\/29\/6\/59.1-405","url":"\/59.1-405\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-405\/","token":"59.1\/29\/6\/59.1-405","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conspiracies and attempts to commit violations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-405","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person<\/span> who conspires, confederates or combines with another, either within or without this Commonwealth, to commit a felony<\/span> prohibited by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person<\/span> who attempts to commit any act prohibited by this article shall be guilty of a criminal offense<\/span> and punished as provided in either §§ 18.2-26<\/a>, 18.2-27<\/a> or § 18.2-28<\/a>, as appropriate. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONSPIRACIES AND ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT VIOLATIONS (\u00a7 59.1-405)\n\nA. Any person who conspires, confederates or combines with another, either\nwithin or without this Commonwealth, to commit a felony prohibited by this\nchapter shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.\n\nB. Any person who attempts to commit any act prohibited by this article shall be\nguilty of a criminal offense and punished as provided in either §§\n18.2-26, 18.2-27 or § 18.2-28, as appropriate.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 855; 1991, c. 591.","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}}