{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-46.3","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-46.3","heading":"Recruitment of persons for criminal street gang; penalty","body":"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.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 4. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON","Article 2.1. CRIMES BY GANGS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-46.3/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"516c6ff48ada81f2137e4bc01c2c337ec29d24fe1be73a752169862f7b6c11b7","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-46.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-46.3-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}