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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86652</law_id><section_number>18.2-152.8</section_number><catch_line>Property capable of embezzlement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="7.1">Computer Crimes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For purposes of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Grand larceny defined; how punished" href="/18.2-95/">18.2-95</a>, <a class="law" title="Petit larceny defined; how punished" href="/18.2-96/">18.2-96</a>, <a class="law" title="Receiving, etc., stolen goods" href="/18.2-108/">18.2-108</a>, and <a class="law" title="Embezzlement deemed larceny; indictment" href="/18.2-111/">18.2-111</a>, personal property subject to <span class="dictionary">embezzlement</span>, <span class="dictionary">larceny</span>, or receiving stolen goods shall include:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Computers</span> and <span class="dictionary">computer networks</span>; <a id="paragraph-310307" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-152.8/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Financial instruments, <span class="dictionary">computer data</span>, <span class="dictionary">computer programs</span>, <span class="dictionary">computer software</span> and all other personal property regardless of whether they are:
			a. Tangible or intangible;
			b. In a format readable by humans or by a computer;
			c. In transit between <span class="dictionary">computers</span> or within a <span class="dictionary">computer network</span> or between any devices which comprise a computer; or
			d. Located on any paper or in any device on which it is stored by a computer or by a human; and <a id="paragraph-310308" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-152.8/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Computer services</span>. <a id="paragraph-310309" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-152.8/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1984, c. 751; 2005, cc. 746, 761, 827.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
