CODE OF VIRGINIA

PETIT LARCENY DEFINED; HOW PUNISHED (§ 18.2-96)

Any person who:

   1.  Commits larceny from the person of another of money or other thing of
   value of less than $ 5, or

   2.  Commits simple larceny not from the person of another of goods and
   chattels of the value of less than $ 200, except as provided in subdivision
   (iii) of § 18.2-95, shall be deemed guilty of petit larceny, which shall be
   punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-101; 1960, c. 358; 1966, c. 247; 1975, cc. 14, 15;
1980, c. 175; 1992, c. 822.