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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59596</law_id><section_number>18.2-44</section_number><catch_line>Civil liability for lynching</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="4">Crimes Against the Person</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Crimes by Mobs</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No provisions of this article shall be construed to relieve any member of a mob from civil liability to the personal representative of the victim of a lynching.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-33; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
