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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61419</law_id><section_number>19.2-290</section_number><catch_line>Conviction of petit larceny though thing stolen worth $1,000 or more</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="17">Convictions; Effect Thereof</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Proof and Verdicts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In a <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for petit <span class="dictionary">larceny</span>, though the thing stolen be of the value of $1,000 or more, the <span class="dictionary">jury</span> may find the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> guilty, and upon a <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> under this section or &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Conviction of petit larceny" href="/19.2-289/">19.2-289</a> the <span class="dictionary">accused</span> shall be sentenced for petit <span class="dictionary">larceny</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 19.1-253; 1960, c. 366; 1966, c. 247; 1975, c. 495; 1981, c. 197; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
