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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56776</law_id><section_number>58.1-4018.1</section_number><catch_line>Larceny of tickets; fraudulent notification of prizes; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-390</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Sources of State Revenue</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="40">Virginia Lottery Law; Sports Betting</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Powers and Duties of Virginia Lottery Board; Administration of Tickets and Prizes</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who <span class="dictionary">steals</span> or otherwise unlawfully converts to his own or another&#x2019;s use a <span class="dictionary">lottery</span> ticket, prize, share, or portion thereof shall be guilty of <span class="dictionary">larceny</span>. For purposes of this subsection, the value of a <span class="dictionary">lottery</span> ticket, prize, share, or portion thereof shall be deemed to be the greater of its face amount or its <span class="dictionary">redemption</span> value. <a id="paragraph-207750" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4018.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who, with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defraud, <span class="dictionary">steal</span>, embezzle, or violate the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Identity theft; penalty; restitution; victim assistance" href="/18.2-186.3/">18.2-186.3</a>, designs, makes, prints, or otherwise produces, in whole or in part, a document or writing, whether in printed or electronic form, which falsely purports to be correspondence from or on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">lottery</span> shall be guilty of a Class 5 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.
			<span class="dictionary">Jurisdiction</span> shall lie and <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> may proceed under this subsection in any county or city (i) in which the document was created; (ii) from which it was sent, regardless of the form of delivery; or (iii) in which it was received, regardless of the form of delivery. <a id="paragraph-207751" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4018.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, c. 598.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
