Bill Text: VA SB41 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Larceny of a catalytic converter; penalty.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-07 - Incorporated by Judiciary [SB41 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-SB41-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-23 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-23. Conspiring to trespass or commit larceny.
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 is
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.
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 of a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle
where the value of such catalytic converter
is less than $1,000, he is guilty of
a Class 1
misdemeanor. 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 offense.
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.
