{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-26","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-26","heading":"Attempts to commit felonies other than Class 1 felony offenses; how punished","body":"Except as provided in § 18.2-25, every person who attempts to commit an offense that is a felony shall be punished as follows:(1) If the felony attempted is punishable by a maximum punishment of life imprisonment or a term of years in excess of twenty years, an attempt thereat shall be punishable as a Class 4 felony.(2) If the felony attempted is punishable by a maximum punishment of twenty years' imprisonment, an attempt thereat shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony.(3) If the felony attempted is punishable by a maximum punishment of less than twenty years' imprisonment, an attempt thereat shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony.Code 1950, §§ 18.1-17, 18.1-18; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, c. 639; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 344, 345.","path":["Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally","Chapter 3. Inchoate Offenses","Article 2. Attempts"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-26/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"baa4345c84cb90594263ffdfb465bd6500513117866f8340a562e067590d2989","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-25","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}