                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSPIRING TO TRESPASS OR COMMIT LARCENY (§ 18.2-23)

A. If any person shall conspire, confederate or combine with another or others
in the Commonwealth to go upon or remain upon the lands, buildings or premises
of another, or any part, portion or area thereof, having knowledge that any of
them have been forbidden, either orally or in writing, to do so by the owner,
lessee, custodian or other person lawfully in charge thereof, or having
knowledge that any of them have been forbidden to do so by a sign or signs
posted on such lands, buildings, premises or part, portion or area thereof at a
place or places where it or they may reasonably be seen, he shall be deemed
guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

B. If any person shall conspire, confederate or combine with another or others
in the Commonwealth to commit larceny or counsel, assist, aid or abet another in
the performance of a larceny, where the aggregate value of the goods or
merchandise involved is $1,000 or more, he is guilty of a felony punishable by
confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than one year nor more
than 20 years. The willful concealment of goods or merchandise of any store or
other mercantile establishment, while still on the premises thereof, shall be
prima facie evidence of an intent to convert and defraud the owner thereof out
of the value of the goods or merchandise. A violation of this subsection
constitutes a separate and distinct felony.

C. Jurisdiction for the trial of any person charged under this section shall be
in the county or city wherein any part of such conspiracy is planned, or in the
county or city wherein any act is done toward the consummation of such plan or
conspiracy.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-15.1; 1960, cc. 99, 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2003, c.
831; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.