Virginia legal term
Entity in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Entity” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Entity” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Entity" includes corporations, business trusts, estates, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, organizations, joint ventures, governments, governmental subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities or any other legal entity, whether for profit or not for profit. (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-186.6)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Damaging or destroying research farm product
- Prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms
- Causing a telephone, digital pager, or other device to ring or signal with intent to annoy
- Disclosure of expunged records
- Fraudulent procurement, sale, or receipt of telephone records
- Ignition interlock system and remote alcohol monitoring device
- Obtaining certification as small, women-owned, or minority-owned business by deception
- Prohibited practices by employers, educational institutions, agencies, etc., of state and local governments
- Ignition interlock systems
Related terms in the same statutes
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