{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-323.02","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-323.02","heading":"Prohibition against concealment of dead body; penalty","body":"Any person who transports, secretes, conceals or alters a dead body, as defined in § 32.1-249, with malicious intent and to prevent detection of an unlawful act or to prevent the detection of the death or the manner or cause of death is guilty of a Class 6 felony.2007, c. 436.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 7. CRIMES INVOLVING HEALTH AND SAFETY","Article 8. MISCELLANEOUS DANGEROUS CONDUCT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-323.02/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"a5b2c960a877ef5cc3a128d3fdc687c9d8747cf5140988a77836e423691f66c5","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-323.01","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-323.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}