                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 18.2-46.1)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Act of violence&#8221; means those felony offenses described in
subsection C of § 17.1-805 or subsection A of § 19.2-297.1.
		&#8220;Criminal street gang&#8221; means any ongoing organization,
association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, (i)
which has as one of its primary objectives or activities the commission of one
or more criminal activities; (ii) which has an identifiable name or identifying
sign or symbol; and (iii) whose members individually or collectively have
engaged in the commission of, attempt to commit, conspiracy to commit, or
solicitation of two or more predicate criminal acts, at least one of which is an
act of violence, provided such acts were not part of a common act or
transaction.
		&#8220;Predicate criminal act&#8221; means (i) an act of violence; (ii) any
violation of § 18.2-42, 18.2-46.3, 18.2-56.1, 18.2-57, 18.2-57.2, 18.2-59,
18.2-83, 18.2-95, 18.2-103.1, 18.2-108.1, 18.2-121, 18.2-127, 18.2-128,
18.2-137, 18.2-138, 18.2-146, 18.2-147, 18.2-248.01, 18.2-248.03, 18.2-255,
18.2-255.2, 18.2-287.4, 18.2-300, 18.2-308.1, 18.2-308.2, 18.2-308.2:01,
18.2-308.4, or 18.2-357.1; (iii) a felony violation of § 18.2-60.3,
18.2-346.01, 18.2-348, or 18.2-349; (iv) a felony violation of § 4.1-1101,
18.2-248, or 18.2-248.1 or a conspiracy to commit a felony violation of §
4.1-1101, 18.2-248, or 18.2-248.1; (v) any violation of a local ordinance
adopted pursuant to § 15.2-1812.2; or (vi) any substantially similar offense
under the laws of another state or territory of the United States, the District
of Columbia, or the United States.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 332; 2004, cc. 396, 435, 462, 867; 2005, cc. 764, 813; 2006,
cc. 262, 319, 844, 895; 2007, c. 499; 2012, c. 364; 2013, cc. 573, 645; 2014,
cc. 674, 719; 2015, cc. 690, 691; 2019, c. 617; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 188, 550,
551; 2023, cc. 357, 358, 396, 397.