{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-368.2","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 19.2-368.2","heading":"Definitions","body":"For the purpose of this chapter:\"Claimant\" means the person filing a claim pursuant to this chapter.\"Commission\" means the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.\"Crime\" means an act committed by any person in the Commonwealth of Virginia which would constitute a crime as defined by the Code of Virginia or at common law. However, no act involving the operation of a motor vehicle which results in injury shall constitute a crime for the purpose of this chapter unless the injuries (i) were intentionally inflicted through the use of such vehicle or (ii) resulted from a violation of § 18.2-51.4 or 18.2-266 or from a felony violation of § 46.2-894.\"Family,\" when used with reference to a person, means (i) any person related to such person within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity, (ii) any person residing in the same household with such person, or (iii) a spouse.\"Sexual abuse\" means sexual abuse as defined in subdivision 6 of § 18.2-67.10 and acts constituting rape, sodomy, object sexual penetration or sexual battery as defined in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2.\"Victim\" means a person who suffers personal physical injury or death as a direct result of a crime including a person who is injured or killed as a result of foreign terrorism or who suffers personal emotional injury as a direct result of being the subject of a violent felony offense as defined in subsection C of § 17.1-805, or stalking as described in § 18.2-60.3, or attempted robbery or abduction.1976, c. 605; 1984, c. 619; 1988, c. 748; 1990, c. 620; 1997, cc. 528, 691; 1998, c. 484; 1999, c. 286; 2001, c. 855; 2008, c. 590; 2012, c. 38.","path":["Title 19.2. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","Chapter 21.1. COMPENSATING VICTIMS OF CRIME"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/19.2-368.2/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:39Z","sha256":"494a95abafa0b63ceb0e4d4f26d08de589c01adc7b9f72c2d423741b53cc72cb","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-368.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-19.2-368.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}