Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org6723518.2-89Burglary; how punished202516.1-26016.1-309.117.1-80518.2-370.318.2-370.418.2-51318.2-6118.2-67.118.2-67.218.2-9119.2-270.119.2-310.2:119.2-392.0219.2-83.137.2-31437.2-416.137.2-506.153.1-202.353.1-40.02Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Against PropertyBurglary and Related Offenses

If any person break and enter the dwelling house of another in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony or any larceny therein, he shall be guilty of burglary, punishable as a Class 3 felony; provided, however, that if such person was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of such entry, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 felony.

Code 1950, § 18.1-86; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.