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VA Code § 18.2-374 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-374. Production, publication, sale, possession, etc., of obscene items

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to:(1) Prepare any obscene item for the purposes of sale or distribution; or(2) Print, copy, manufacture, produce, or reproduce any obscene item for purposes of sale or distribution; or(3) Publish, sell, rent, lend, transport in intrastate commerce, or distribute or exhibit any obscene item, or offer to do any of these things; or(4) Have in his possession with intent to sell, rent, lend, transport, or distribute any obscene item. Possession in public or in a public place of any obscene item as defined in this article shall be deemed prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.For the purposes of this section, "distribute" shall mean delivery in person, by mail, messenger or by any other means by which obscene items as defined in this article may pass from one person, firm or corporation to another.Code 1950, § 18.1-228; 1960, c. 233; 1962, c. 289; 1970, c. 204; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-374.1:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-374.1:1. Possession, reproduction, distribution, solicitation, and facilitation of child pornography; penalty

A. Any person who knowingly possesses child pornography is guilty of a Class 6 felony.B. Any person who commits a second or subsequent violation of subsection A is guilty of a Class 5 felony.C. Any person who knowingly (i) reproduces by any means, including by computer, sells, gives away, distributes, electronically transmits, displays, purchases, or possesses with intent to sell, give away, distribute, transmit, or display child pornography or (ii) commands, entreats, or otherwise attempts to persuade another person to send, submit, transfer or provide to him any child pornography in order to gain entry into a group, association, or assembly of persons engaged in trading or sharing child pornography shall be punished by not less than five years nor more than 20 years in a state correctional facility. Any person who commits a second or subsequent violation under this subsection shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than five years nor more than 20 years in a state correctional facility, five years of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment. The mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment prescribed for violations of this section shall be served consecutively with any other sentence.D. Any person who intentionally operates an Internet website for the purpose of facilitating the payment for access to child pornography is guilty of a Class 4 felony.E. All child pornography shall be subject to lawful seizure and forfeiture pursuant to § 19.2-386.31.F. For purposes of this section it may be inferred by text, title or appearance that a person who is depicted as or presents the appearance of being less than 18 years of age in sexually explicit visual material is less than 18 years of age.G. Venue for a prosecution under this section may lie in the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs, where the alleged offender resides, or where any child pornography is produced, reproduced, found, stored, received, or possessed in violation of this section.H. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any such material that is possessed for a bona fide medical, scientific, governmental, law-enforcement, or judicial purpose by a physician, psychologist, scientist, attorney, employee of the Department of Social Services or a local department of social services, employee of a law-enforcement agency, judge, or clerk and such person possesses such material in the course of conducting his professional duties as such.1992, c. 745; 1993, c. 853; 1994, c. 511; 1999, c. 659; 2003, cc. 935, 938; 2004, c. 995; 2007, cc. 759, 823; 2009, c. 379; 2011, cc. 399, 416; 2012, c. 369; 2013, cc. 761, 774; 2014, c. 291; 2015, c. 428; 2017, c. 96; 2020, c. 489.
VA Code § 18.2-374.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-374.4. Display of child pornography or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful; penalty

A. Any person 18 years of age or older who displays child pornography or a grooming video or materials to a child under 13 years of age with the intent to entice, solicit, or encourage the child to engage in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration is guilty of a Class 6 felony.B. "Grooming video or materials" means a cartoon, animation, image, or series of images depicting a child engaged in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration.2012, c. 624.
VA Code § 18.2-375 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-375. Obscene exhibitions and performances

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to:(1) Produce, promote, prepare, present, manage, direct, carry on or participate in, any obscene exhibitions or performances, including the exhibition or performance of any obscene motion picture, play, drama, show, entertainment, exposition, tableau or scene; provided, that no employee of any person or legal entity operating a theatre, garden, building, structure, room or place which presents such obscene exhibition or performance shall be subject to prosecution under this section if the employee is not the manager of the theatre or an officer of such entity, and has no financial interest in such theatre other than receiving salary and wages; or(2) Own, lease or manage any theatre, garden, building, structure, room or place and lease, let, lend or permit such theatre, garden, building, structure, room or place to be used for the purpose of presenting such obscene exhibition or performance or to fail to post prominently therein the name and address of a person resident in the locality who is the manager of such theatre, garden, building, structure, room or place.Code 1950, § 18.1-230; 1960, c. 233; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 191; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-376 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-376. Advertising, etc., obscene items, exhibitions or performances

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to prepare, print, publish, or circulate, or cause to be prepared, printed, published or circulated, any notice or advertisement of any obscene item proscribed in § 18.2-373, or of any obscene performance or exhibition proscribed in § 18.2-375, stating or indicating where such obscene item, exhibition, or performance may be purchased, obtained, seen or heard.Code 1950, § 18.1-231; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-376.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-376.1. Enhanced penalties for using a computer in certain violations

Any person who uses a computer in connection with a violation of §§ 18.2-374, 18.2-375, or § 18.2-376 is guilty of a separate and distinct Class 1 misdemeanor, and for a second or subsequent such offense within 10 years of a prior such offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony, the penalties to be imposed in addition to any other punishment otherwise prescribed for a violation of any of those sections.2003, cc. 987, 1016.
VA Code § 18.2-377 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-377. Placards, posters, bills, etc.

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to expose, place, display, post up, exhibit, paint, print, or mark, or cause to be exposed, placed, displayed, posted, exhibited, painted, printed or marked, in or on any building, structure, billboard, wall or fence, or on any street, or in or upon any public place, any placard, poster, banner, bill, writing, or picture which is obscene, or which advertises or promotes any obscene item proscribed in § 18.2-373 or any obscene exhibition or performance proscribed in § 18.2-375, or knowingly to permit the same to be displayed on property belonging to or controlled by him.Code 1950, § 18.1-232; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-378 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-378. Coercing acceptance of obscene articles or publications

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, as a condition to any sale, allocation, consignment or delivery for resale of any paper, magazine, book, periodical or publication to require that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any other article, book, or other publication which is obscene; nor shall any person, firm, association or corporation deny or threaten to deny any franchise or impose or threaten to impose any penalty, financial or otherwise, by reason of the failure or refusal of any person to accept such articles, books, or publications, or by reason of the return thereof.Code 1950, § 18.1-233; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-379 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-379. Employing or permitting minor to assist in offense under article

It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to hire, employ, use or permit any minor to do or assist in doing any act or thing constituting an offense under this article.Code 1950, § 18.1-234; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-380 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-380. Punishment for first offense

Any person, firm, association or corporation convicted for the first time of an offense under §§ 18.2-374, 18.2-375, 18.2-376, 18.2-377, 18.2-378 or § 18.2-379, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 18.1-235.1; 1968, c. 662; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 412; 1985, c. 279.
VA Code § 18.2-381 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-381. Punishment for subsequent offenses; additional penalty for owner

Any person, firm, association or corporation convicted of a second or other subsequent offense under § 18.2-374, 18.2-375, 18.2-376, 18.2-377, 18.2-378, or 18.2-379 is guilty of a Class 6 felony. However, if the person, firm, association or corporation convicted of such subsequent offense is the owner of the business establishment where each of the offenses occurred, a fine of not more than $10,000 shall be imposed in addition to the penalties otherwise prescribed by this section.Code 1950, § 18.1-236.1; 1960, c. 233; 1968, c. 662; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1983, c. 412; 2015, c. 428.
VA Code § 18.2-382 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-382. Photographs, slides and motion pictures

Every person who knowingly:(1) Photographs himself or any other person, for purposes of preparing an obscene film, photograph, negative, slide or motion picture for purposes of sale or distribution; or(2) Models, poses, acts, or otherwise assists in the preparation of any obscene film, photograph, negative, slide or motion picture for purposes of sale or distribution;shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 18.1-235; 1960, c. 233; 1970, c. 204; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-383 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-383. Exceptions to application of article

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to apply to:(1) The purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any book, magazine, or other printed or manuscript material by any library, school, or institution of higher education, supported by public appropriation;(2) The purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any work of art by any museum of fine arts, school, or institution of higher education, supported by public appropriation;(3) The exhibition or performance of any play, drama, tableau, or motion picture by any theatre, museum of fine arts, school, or institution of higher education, supported by public appropriation.Code 1950, § 18.1-236.2; 1960, c. 233; 1966, c. 516; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-385 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-385. Section 18.2-384 applicable to motion picture films

The provisions of § 18.2-384 shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case of motion picture film.Code 1950, § 18.1-236.4; 1966, c. 516; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-386 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-386. Showing previews of certain motion pictures

It shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit any trailer or preview of any motion picture which has a motion picture industry rating which would not permit persons in the audience viewing the feature motion picture to see the complete motion picture from which the trailer or preview is taken. Persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 18.1-246.1; 1970, c. 504; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
VA Code § 18.2-386.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-386.1. Unlawful creation of image of another; penalty

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and intentionally create any videographic or still image by any means whatsoever of any nonconsenting person if (i) that person is totally nude, clad in undergarments, or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast in a restroom, dressing room, locker room, hotel room, motel room, tanning bed, tanning booth, bedroom or other location; or (ii) the videographic or still image is created by placing the lens or image-gathering component of the recording device in a position directly beneath or between a person's legs for the purpose of capturing an image of the person's intimate parts or undergarments covering those intimate parts when the intimate parts or undergarments would not otherwise be visible to the general public; and when the circumstances set forth in clause (i) or (ii) are otherwise such that the person being recorded would have a reasonable expectation of privacy.B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any videographic or still image created by any means whatsoever by (i) law-enforcement officers pursuant to a criminal investigation which is otherwise lawful or (ii) correctional officials and local or regional jail officials for security purposes or for investigations of alleged misconduct involving a person committed to the Department of Corrections or to a local or regional jail, or to any sound recording of an oral conversation made as a result of any videotaping or filming pursuant to Chapter 6 (§ 19.2-61 et seq.) of Title 19.2.C. A violation of subsection A shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.D. A violation of subsection A involving a nonconsenting person under the age of 18 shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony.E. Where it is alleged in the warrant, information, or indictment on which the person is convicted and found by the court or jury trying the case that the person has previously been convicted within the 10-year period immediately preceding the offense charged of two or more of the offenses specified in this section, each such offense occurring on a different date, and when such offenses were not part of a common act, transaction, or scheme, and such person has been at liberty as defined in § 53.1-151 between each conviction, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.1994, c. 640; 2004, c. 844; 2005, c. 375; 2008, c. 732; 2014, c. 399.
VA Code § 18.2-386.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-386.2. Unlawful dissemination or sale of images of another; penalty

A. Any person who, with the intent to coerce, harass, or intimidate, maliciously disseminates or sells any videographic or still image created by any means whatsoever that depicts another person who is totally nude, or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast, where such person knows or has reason to know that he is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such videographic or still image is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. For purposes of this subsection, "another person" includes a person whose image was used in creating, adapting, or modifying a videographic or still image with the intent to depict an actual person and who is recognizable as an actual person by the person's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic.B. If a person uses services of an Internet service provider, an electronic mail service provider, or any other information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server in committing acts prohibited under this section, such provider shall not be held responsible for violating this section for content provided by another person.C. Venue for a prosecution under this section may lie in the jurisdiction where the unlawful act occurs or where any videographic or still image created by any means whatsoever is produced, reproduced, found, stored, received, or possessed in violation of this section.D. The provisions of this section shall not preclude prosecution under any other statute.2014, c. 399; 2019, cc. 490, 515.
VA Code § 18.2-387 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-387. Indecent exposure

Every person who intentionally makes an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. No person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section for breastfeeding a child in any public place or any place where others are present.Code 1950, § 18.1-236; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, c. 398.
VA Code § 18.2-387.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-387.1. Obscene sexual display; penalty

Any person who, while in any public place where others are present, intending that he be seen by others, intentionally and obscenely as defined in § 18.2-372, engages in actual or explicitly simulated acts of masturbation, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.2005, c. 422.
VA Code § 18.2-388 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-388. Intoxication in public; penalty; transportation of public inebriates to detoxification center

If any person is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug, or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. In any area in which there is located a court-approved detoxification center, a law-enforcement officer may authorize the transportation, by police or otherwise, of public inebriates to such detoxification center in lieu of arrest; however, no person shall be involuntarily detained in such center.Code 1950, § 18.1-237; 1960, c. 358; 1964, c. 434; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1979, c. 654; 1982, c. 666; 1983, c. 187; 1990, c. 965; 2020, c. 160.
VA Code § 18.2-390 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-390. Definitions

As used in this article:(1) "Juvenile" means a person less than 18 years of age.(2) "Nudity" means a state of undress so as to expose the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered or uncovered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state.(3) "Sexual conduct" means actual or explicitly simulated acts of masturbation, homosexuality, sexual intercourse, or physical contact in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification with a person's clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks or, if such be female, breast.(4) "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.(5) "Sadomasochistic abuse" means actual or explicitly simulated flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed.(6) "Harmful to juveniles" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it (a) predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of juveniles, (b) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for juveniles, and (c) is, when taken as a whole, lacking in serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value for juveniles.(7) "Knowingly" means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry of both (a) the character and content of any material described herein which is reasonably susceptible of examination by the defendant, and (b) the age of the juvenile, provided however, that an honest mistake shall constitute an excuse from liability hereunder if the defendant made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such juvenile.(8) "Video or computer game" means an object or device that stores recorded data or instructions, receives data or instructions generated by a person who uses it, and, by processing the data or instructions, creates an interactive game capable of being played, viewed, or experienced on or through a computer, television gaming system, console, or other technology.Code 1950, § 18.1-236.6; 1970, c. 560; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 492; 1976, c. 504; 2006, c. 463.
VA Code § 18.2-391.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally|Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency|§ 18.2-391.1. Exceptions to application of article

Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to apply to:1. The purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of any work of art, book, magazine, or other printed or manuscript material by any accredited museum, library, school, or institution of higher education.2. The exhibition or performance of any play, drama, tableau, or motion picture by any theatre, museum, school, or institution of higher education, either supported by public appropriation or which is an accredited institution supported by private funds.1977, c. 480.