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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75023</law_id><section_number>59.1-405</section_number><catch_line>Conspiracies and attempts to commit violations</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="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="29">Horse Racing and Pari-Mutuel Wagering</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Criminal Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who conspires, confederates or combines with another, either within or without this Commonwealth, to commit a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> prohibited by this chapter shall be guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-269477" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-405/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who attempts to commit any act prohibited by this article shall be guilty of a criminal <span class="dictionary">offense</span> and punished as provided in either &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Attempts to commit felonies other than Class 1 felony offenses; how punished" href="/18.2-26/">18.2-26</a>, <a class="law" title="Attempts to commit misdemeanors; how punished" href="/18.2-27/">18.2-27</a> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Maximum punishment for attempts" href="/18.2-28/">18.2-28</a>, as appropriate. <a id="paragraph-269478" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-405/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1988, c. 855; 1991, c. 591.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
