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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-514 — Racketeering offenses
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 13: Virginia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, Code of Virginia.
Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-514
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
A. It shall be unlawful for an enterprise, any person who is directed by an organizer, supervisor, or manager of an enterprise, or any person who occupies a position of organizer, supervisor, or manager of an enterprise, to receive or distribute any proceeds or anything of value known to have been derived directly from racketeering activity and to use or invest an aggregate of $10,000 or more of such proceeds or such things of value in the acquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or equity in, real property, or in the establishment or operation of any enterprise.
B. It shall be unlawful for any enterprise, or for any person who occupies a position of organizer, supervisor, or manager of an enterprise, to directly acquire or maintain any interest in or control of any enterprise or real property through racketeering activity.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, any enterprise to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in such enterprise through racketeering activity.
D. It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire to violate any of the provisions of subsection A, B, or C.
E. Each violation of this section is a separate and distinct felony punishable in accordance with § 18.2-515 .
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