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2012 SESSION
12100080DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-23 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-23. Conspiring to trespass or commit larceny.
A. If any person shall conspire, confederate or combine with another or others in the Commonwealth to go upon or remain upon the lands, buildings or premises of another, or any part, portion or area thereof, having knowledge that any of them have been forbidden, either orally or in writing, to do so by the owner, lessee, custodian or other person lawfully in charge thereof, or having knowledge that any of them have been forbidden to do so by a sign or signs posted on such lands, buildings, premises or part, portion or area thereof at a place or places where it or they may reasonably be seen, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
B. If any person shall conspire, confederate or combine with
another or others in the Commonwealth to commit larceny or counsel, assist, aid
or abet another in the performance of a larceny, where (i) the
aggregate value of the goods or merchandise involved is more
than $200 or more,
he is guilty of a felony punishable by confinement in a state correctional
facility for not less than one year nor more than 20 years or
(ii) the aggregate value of the goods or merchandise involved is less than
$200, he is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The willful
concealment of goods or merchandise of any store or other mercantile
establishment, while still on the premises thereof, shall be prima facie
evidence of an intent to convert and defraud the owner thereof out of the value
of the goods or merchandise. A violation of this subsection constitutes a
separate and distinct felony criminal offense.
C. Jurisdiction for the trial of any person charged under this section shall be in the county or city wherein any part of such conspiracy is planned, or in the county or city wherein any act is done toward the consummation of such plan or conspiracy.