Va. Code § 18.2-102

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session through ch. 778
Section 18.2-102 - Unauthorized use of animal, aircraft, vehicle or boat; consent; accessories or accomplices

Any person who shall take, drive or use any animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or vessel, not his own, without the consent of the owner thereof and in the absence of the owner, and with intent temporarily to deprive the owner thereof of his possession thereof, without intent to steal the same, shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony, provided, however, that if the value of such animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or vessel shall be less than $1,000, such person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The consent of the owner of an animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or vessel to its taking, driving or using shall not in any case be presumed or implied because of such owner's consent on a previous occasion to the taking, driving or using of such animal, aircraft, vehicle, boat or vessel by the same or a different person. Any person who assists in, or is a party or accessory to, or an accomplice in, any such unauthorized taking, driving or using shall be subject to the same punishment as if he were the principal offender.

Va. Code § 18.2-102

Code 1950, § 18.1-164; 1960, c. 358; 1970, c. 8; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1981, c. 197; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.
Amended by Acts 2020 c. 401, § 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Acts 2020 c. 89, § 1, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by Acts 2018 c. 765, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by Acts 2018 c. 764, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.