Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-46 (2026)

Venue

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Venue for all actions and prosecutions under any of the provisions of this article shall be in the county or city wherein a lynching or other violation of any of the provisions of this article may have occurred, or of the county or city from which the person lynched or assaulted may have been taken as aforesaid.

Code 1950, § 18.1-35; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2004, c. 144.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2011–2016 · leading case: Kelso v. Com., 710 S.E.2d 470 (Va. 2011).

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Kelso v. Com., 710 S.E.2d 470 (Va. 2011). · cites it 2× “8 (terrorism offenses); Code § 18.2-46 (crimes by mobs); and Code § 18.”

Taybron v. Commonwealth, 703 S.E.2d 270 (Va. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “The statute requires that the individual or individuals upon whose prior crimes the Commonwealth relies to establish “two or more predicate criminal acts” under Code § 18.2-46. 1(iii) must be “members” of the same “ongoing organization, association, or group.”

Commonwealth v. Napier, 93 Va. Cir. 446 (Buchanan Cir. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “8 (terrorism offenses); Va. Code § 18.2-46 (crimes by mobs); and Va.”

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