Virginia legal term
Juvenile in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Juvenile” 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 “Juvenile” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Juvenile" means a person less than 18 years of age. (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-390)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Assault and battery
- Covering a security camera in a correctional facility
- Criminal history record information check required for the transfer of certain firearms
- Escapes from juvenile facility
- Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang
- Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system
- Abduction by prisoners or committed persons
- Carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, or confidential informant
- Carnal knowledge of certain minors
- Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc
- Communication with prisoners or committed person
- Compensation of court-appointed counsel
Related terms in the same statutes
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