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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85827</law_id><section_number>18.2-106</section_number><catch_line>&amp;#8220;Agents of the merchant&amp;#8221; defined</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>9.1-146</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Crimes Against Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Larceny and Receiving Stolen Goods</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article &#x201C;agents of the merchant&#x201D; shall include attendants at any parking lot owned or leased by the merchant, or generally used by customers of the merchant through any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or agreement between the owner of the parking lot and the merchant.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-128; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
