Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org7409818.2-483Attempting, or instigating others, to establish usurped government2025Crimes and Offenses GenerallyOffenses Against the Sovereignty of the CommonwealthTreason and Related Offenses

If any person attempt to establish any such usurped government and commit any overt act therefor or by writing or speaking endeavor to instigate others to establish such government, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Code 1950, § 18.1-420; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.