Source: https://vacode.org/18.2-46.3/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 16:49:51+00:00

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§ 18.2-46.3 Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang; . . .
A. Any person who solicits, invites, recruits, encourages or otherwise causes or attempts to cause another to actively participate in or become a member of what he knows to be a criminal street gang is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person age 18 years or older who solicits, invites, recruits, encourages or otherwise causes or attempts to cause a juvenile to actively participate in or become a member of what he knows to be a criminal street gang is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
B. Any person who, in order to encourage an individual (a) to join a criminal street gang, (b) to remain as a participant in or a member of a criminal street gang, or (c) to submit to a demand made by a criminal street gang to commit a felony violation of this title, (i) uses force against the individual or a member of his family or household or (ii) threatens force against the individual or a member of his family or household, which threat would place any person in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily injury, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. The definition of “family or household member” set forth in § 16.1-228 applies to this section.
2000, c. 332; 2004, cc. 396, 435.
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. . . criminal street gang, in violation of Code § 18.2-46.3. On appeal, appellant contends the evidence . . .
. . . ) or (c) of § 18.2-248.1, or § 18.2-46.2 or § 18.2-46.3, or relating to the violation of or . . .
. . . General Assembly has enacted several more: Code § 18.2-46.3:1 (street gang crimes); § 18.2-67.5:1 . . .
. . . 15.2-1812.2; 16.1-253.2; 18.2-36.1; 18.2-36.2; . . .

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