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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76633</law_id><section_number>18.2-46.6</section_number><catch_line>Possession, manufacture, distribution, etc., of weapon of terrorism or hoax device prohibited; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1716.1</reference><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>18.2-36.3</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>53.1-202.3</reference><reference>53.1-40.02</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="4">Crimes Against the Person</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Terrorism Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who, with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to commit an <span class="dictionary">act of terrorism</span>, possesses, uses, sells, gives, distributes or manufactures (i) a <span class="dictionary">weapon of terrorism</span> or (ii) a &#x201C;fire bomb,&#x201D; &#x201C;explosive <span class="dictionary">material</span>,&#x201D; or &#x201C;device,&#x201D; as those terms are defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Manufacture, possession, use, etc., of fire bombs or explosive materials or devices; penalties" href="/18.2-85/">18.2-85</a>, is guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-275107" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-46.6/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who, with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to commit an <span class="dictionary">act of terrorism</span>, possesses, uses, sells, gives, distributes or manufactures any device or <span class="dictionary">material</span> that by its design, construction, content or characteristics appears to be or appears to contain a (i) <span class="dictionary">weapon of terrorism</span> or (ii) a &#x201C;fire bomb,&#x201D; &#x201C;explosive <span class="dictionary">material</span>,&#x201D; or &#x201C;device,&#x201D; as those terms are defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Manufacture, possession, use, etc., of fire bombs or explosive materials or devices; penalties" href="/18.2-85/">18.2-85</a>, but that is an imitation of any such <span class="dictionary">weapon of terrorism</span>, &#x201C;fire bomb,&#x201D; &#x201C;explosive <span class="dictionary">material</span>,&#x201D; or &#x201C;device&#x201D; is guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-275108" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-46.6/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any person who, with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to (i) intimidate the civilian population, (ii) influence the conduct or activities of the government of the United States, a state or locality through intimidation, (iii) compel the emergency evacuation of any place of assembly, building or other structure or any means of mass transportation, or (iv) place any person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm, uses, sells, gives, distributes or manufactures any device or <span class="dictionary">material</span> that by its design, construction, content or characteristics appears to be or appears to contain a <span class="dictionary">weapon of terrorism</span>, but that is an imitation of any such <span class="dictionary">weapon of terrorism</span> is guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-275109" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-46.6/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any person who knowingly and intentionally manufactures or knowingly and intentionally distributes a <span class="dictionary">weapon of terrorism</span> when such person knows that such <span class="dictionary">weapon of terrorism</span> is, or contains, any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, as described in Schedule II of the Drug Control Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Citation" href="/54.1-3400/">54.1-3400</a> et seq.) is guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-275110" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-46.6/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, cc. 588, 623; 2023, cc. 383, 384.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
