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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55574</law_id><section_number>18.2-91</section_number><catch_line>Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit larceny, assault and battery or other felony</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>18.2-370.3</reference><reference>18.2-370.4</reference><reference>18.2-513</reference><reference>18.2-61</reference><reference>18.2-67.1</reference><reference>18.2-67.2</reference><reference>19.2-270.1</reference><reference>19.2-310.2:1</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>9.1-902</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="5">Crimes Against Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Burglary and Related Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any person commits any of the acts mentioned in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson; penalty" href="/18.2-90/">18.2-90</a> with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to commit <span class="dictionary">larceny</span>, or any <span class="dictionary">felony</span> other than <span class="dictionary">murder</span>, <span class="dictionary">rape</span>, <span class="dictionary">robbery</span> or <span class="dictionary">arson</span> in violation of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Burning or destroying dwelling house, etc" href="/18.2-77/">18.2-77</a>, <a class="law" title="Burning or destroying meeting house, etc" href="/18.2-79/">18.2-79</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Burning or destroying any other building or structure" href="/18.2-80/">18.2-80</a>, or if any person commits any of the acts mentioned in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Burglary; how punished" href="/18.2-89/">18.2-89</a> or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Entering dwelling house, etc., with intent to commit murder, rape, robbery or arson; penalty" href="/18.2-90/">18.2-90</a> with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to commit <span class="dictionary">assault</span> and <span class="dictionary">battery</span>, he shall be guilty of statutory <span class="dictionary">burglary</span>, punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than one or more than twenty years or, in the discretion of the <span class="dictionary">jury</span> or the <span class="dictionary">court</span> trying the case without a <span class="dictionary">jury</span>, be confined in jail for a period not exceeding twelve months or fined not more than $2,500, either or both. However, if the person was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of such entry, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-89; 1960, c. 358; 1962, c. 505; 1970, c. 381; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 602; 1991, c. 710; 1992, c. 486; 1996, c. 1040; 1997, c. 832.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
