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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59539</law_id><section_number>18.2-514</section_number><catch_line>Racketeering offenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-515</reference><reference>19.2-245.01</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="13">Virginia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It shall be unlawful for an <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span>, any person who is directed by an organizer, supervisor, or manager of an <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span>, or any person who occupies a position of organizer, supervisor, or manager of an <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span>, to receive or distribute any <span class="dictionary">proceeds</span> or anything of value known to have been derived directly from <span class="dictionary">racketeering activity</span> and to use or invest an aggregate of $10,000 or more of such <span class="dictionary">proceeds</span> or such things of value in the acquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or <span class="dictionary">equity</span> in, real property, or in the establishment or operation of any <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span>. <a id="paragraph-218114" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-514/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> It shall be unlawful for any <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span>, or for any person who occupies a position of organizer, supervisor, or manager of an <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span>, to directly acquire or maintain any interest in or control of any <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span> or real property through <span class="dictionary">racketeering activity</span>. <a id="paragraph-218115" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-514/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, any <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span> to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in such <span class="dictionary">enterprise</span> through <span class="dictionary">racketeering activity</span>. <a id="paragraph-218116" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-514/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire to violate any of the provisions of subsection A, B, or C. <a id="paragraph-218117" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-514/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Each violation of this section is a separate and distinct <span class="dictionary">felony</span> punishable in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Criminal penalties; forfeiture" href="/18.2-515/">18.2-515</a>. <a id="paragraph-218118" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-514/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, cc. 883, 996; 2009, c. 847; 2023, cc. 607, 608.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
