Virginia legal term
Label in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Label” 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 “Label” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article. (Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-3401)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Obtaining drugs, procuring administration of controlled substances, etc., by fraud, deceit or forgery
- Misrepresentations as to agricultural products
- Regulating sale of merchandise made of gold
- Sale, etc., of plastic bags
- Sale of goods marked "coin" and "coin silver."
- Sale of goods marked "sterling" and "sterling silver."
- Unauthorized use of dairy milk cases or milk crates
- Untrue, deceptive or misleading advertising, inducements, writings or documents
Related terms in the same statutes
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