                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CARJACKING; PENALTY (§ 18.2-58.1)

A. Any person who commits carjacking, as herein defined, shall be guilty of a
felony punishable by imprisonment for life or a term not less than fifteen
years.

B. As used in this section, &#8220;carjacking&#8221; means the intentional
seizure or seizure of control of a motor vehicle of another with intent to
permanently or temporarily deprive another in possession or control of the
vehicle of that possession or control by means of partial strangulation, or
suffocation, or by striking or beating, or by other violence to the person, or
by assault or otherwise putting a person in fear of serious bodily harm, or by
the threat or presenting of firearms, or other deadly weapon or instrumentality
whatsoever. &#8220;Motor vehicle&#8221; shall have the same meaning as set forth
in &#xA7; 46.2-100.

C. The provisions of this section shall not preclude the applicability of any
other provision of the criminal law of the Commonwealth which may apply to any
course of conduct which violates this section.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 500.