Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Chapter 8 Crimes Involving Morals And Decency

18.2-325 Definitions
1. "Illegal gambling" means the making, placing or receipt, of any bet or wager in this Commonwealth of money or other thing of value, made ...
18.2-326 Penalty for illegal gambling
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who illegally gambles or engages in interstate gambling as defined in § 18.2-325 shall be guilty ...
18.2-327 Winning by fraud; penalty
If any person while gambling cheats or by fraudulent means wins or acquires for himself or another money or any other valuable thing, he shall ...
18.2-328 Conducting illegal gambling operation; penalties
The operator of an illegal gambling enterprise, activity or operation shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. However, any such operator who engages in ...
18.2-329 Owners, etc., of gambling place permitting its continuance; penalty
If the owner, lessee, tenant, occupant or other person in control of any place or conveyance, knows, or reasonably should know, that it is being ...
18.2-330 Accessories to gambling activity; penalty
Any person, firm or association of persons, other than those persons specified in other sections of this article, who knowingly aids, abets or assists in ...
18.2-331 Illegal possession, etc., of gambling device; penalty
A person is guilty of illegal possession of a gambling device when he manufactures, sells, transports, rents, gives away, places or possesses, or conducts or ...
18.2-332 Certain acts not deemed "consideration" in prosecution under this article
In any prosecution under this article, no consideration shall be deemed to have passed or been given because of any person's attendance upon the premises ...
18.2-333 Exceptions to article; certain sporting events
Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any contest of speed or skill between men, animals, fowl or vehicles, where participants may receive ...
18.2-334 Exception to article; private residences
Nothing in this article shall be construed to make it illegal to participate in a game of chance conducted in a private residence, provided such ...
18.2-334.1 Description unavailable
Defeated at referendum. ...
18.2-334.2 Same; bingo games, raffles and duck races conducted by certain organizations
Nothing in this article shall apply to any bingo game, instant bingo, raffle, or duck race conducted solely by organizations as defined in § 18.2-340.16 ...
18.2-334.3 Exemptions to article; state lottery
Nothing in this article shall apply to any lottery conducted by the Commonwealth of Virginia pursuant to Chapter 40 of Title 58.1. (1987, c. 531.) ...
18.2-334.4 Exemptions to article; pari-mutuel wagering
Nothing in this article shall be construed to make it illegal to participate in any race meeting or pari-mutuel wagering conducted in accordance with Chapter ...
18.2-335 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 420. ...
18.2-336 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 995. ...
18.2-337 Immunity of witnesses from prosecution
No witness called by the Commonwealth or by the court, giving evidence either before the grand jury or in any prosecution under this article, shall ...
18.2-338 Enforcement of { 18.2-331 by Governor and Attorney General
If it shall come to the knowledge of the Governor that § 18.2-331 is not being enforced in any county, city or town, the Governor ...
18.2-339 Enjoining offenses relating to gambling
Whenever any person shall be engaged in committing, or in permitting to be committed, or shall be about to commit, or permit, any act prohibited ...
18.2-340 County ordinances prohibiting illegal gambling
The governing body of any county may adopt ordinances prohibiting illegal gambling and other illegal activity related thereto, including provision for forfeiture proceedings in the ...
18.2-340.1 through 18.2-340.14
Repealed by Acts 1995, c. 837, effective July 1, 1996. ...
18.2-340.15 State control of charitable gaming
A. Charitable gaming as authorized herein shall be permitted in the Commonwealth as a means of funding qualified organizations but shall be conducted only in ...
18.2-340.16 Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Bingo" means a specific game of chance played with (i) individual cards having ...
18.2-340.17 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 884, cl. 2. ...
18.2-340.18 Powers and duties of the Department
The Department shall have all powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this article and to exercise the control of charitable gaming ...
18.2-340.19 Regulations of the Board
A. The Board shall adopt regulations which: 1. Require, as a condition of receiving a permit, that the applicant use a predetermined percentage of its ...
18.2-340.20 Denial, suspension or revocation of permit; hearings and appeals
A. The Department may deny, suspend or revoke the permit of any organization found not to be in strict compliance with the provisions of this ...
18.2-340.21 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 884, cl. 2. ...
18.2-340.22 Only raffles, bingo and instant bingo games permitted; prizes not gaming contracts
A. This article permits qualified organizations to conduct raffles, bingo and instant bingo games. All games not explicitly authorized by this article or Board regulations ...
18.2-340.23 Organizations exempt from certain permits and fees
A. No organization that reasonably expects, based on prior charitable gaming annual results or any other quantifiable method, to realize gross receipts of $25,000 or ...
18.2-340.24 Eligibility for permit; exceptions; where valid
A. To be eligible for a permit to conduct charitable gaming, an organization shall: 1. Have been in existence and met on a regular basis ...
18.2-340.25 Permit required; application fee; form of application
A. Except as provided for in § 18.2-340.23, prior to the commencement of any charitable game, an organization shall obtain a permit from the Department. ...
18.2-340.26 Sale of raffle tickets; drawings
A. Except as provided in subsection B, a qualified organization may sell raffle tickets both in and out of the jurisdiction designated in its permit ...
18.2-340.26:1 Sale of instant bingo, pull tabs or seal cards; proceeds not counted as gross receipts
A. Instant bingo, pull tabs or seal cards may be sold only upon the premises owned or exclusively leased by the organization and at such ...
18.2-340.26:2 Sale of instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards by certain booster clubs.
As a part of its annual fund-raising event, any qualified organization that is an athletic association or booster club or a band booster club may ...
18.2-340.27 Conduct of bingo games; special permits
A. A qualified organization shall accept only cash or, at its option, checks or debit cards in payment of any charges or assessments for players ...
18.2-340.28 Conduct of instant bingo, pull tabs and seal cards
A. Any organization qualified to conduct bingo games pursuant to the provisions of this article may play instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards as ...
18.2-340.29 Joint operation of bingo games; written reports; joint permit required
A. Any two or more qualified organizations may jointly organize and conduct bingo games provided both have fully complied with all other provisions of this ...
18.2-340.30 Reports of gross receipts and disbursements required; form of reports; failure to file
A. Each qualified organization shall keep a complete record of all inventory of charitable gaming supplies purchased, all receipts from its charitable gaming operation, and ...
18.2-340.30:1 "Winner-take-all" games; proceeds not counted as gross receipts.
The proceeds from any bingo game commonly referred to as "winner-take-all" games shall not be included in determining the gross receipts for a qualified organization ...
18.2-340.31 Audit of reports; exemption; audit and administration fee
A. All reports filed pursuant to § 18.2-340.30 shall be subject to audit by the Department in accordance with Board regulations. The Department may engage ...
18.2-340.32 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 462. ...
18.2-340.33 Prohibited practices
In addition to those other practices prohibited by this article, the following acts or practices are prohibited: 1. No part of the gross receipts derived ...
18.2-340.34 Suppliers of charitable gaming supplies; manufacturers of electronic games of chance systems; permi...
A. No person shall offer to sell, sell or otherwise provide charitable gaming supplies to any qualified organization and no manufacturer shall distribute electronic games ...
18.2-340.34:1 Bingo managers and callers; remuneration; registration; qualification; suspension, revocation or re...
A. No person shall receive remuneration as a bingo manager or caller from any qualified organization unless and until such person has made application for ...
18.2-340.35 Assistance from Department of State Police
The Department of the State Police, upon request of the Department, shall assist in the conduct of investigations by the Department. (1995, c. 837; 2003, ...
18.2-340.36 Suspension of permit
A. When any officer charged with the enforcement of the charitable gaming laws of the Commonwealth has reasonable cause to believe that the conduct of ...
18.2-340.37 Criminal penalties
A. Any person who violates the provisions of this article or who willfully and knowingly files, or causes to be filed, a false application, report ...
18.2-340.38 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 754, cl. 2. ...
18.2-341 through 18.2-343
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 608. ...
18.2-344 Fornication
Any person, not being married, who voluntarily shall have sexual intercourse with any other person, shall be guilty of fornication, punishable as a Class 4 ...
18.2-345 Lewd and lascivious cohabitation
If any persons, not married to each other, lewdly and lasciviously associate and cohabit together, or, whether married or not, be guilty of open and ...
18.2-346 Being a prostitute or prostitution
A. Any person who, for money or its equivalent, commits adultery, fornication or any act in violation of § 18.2-361, or offers to commit adultery, ...
18.2-346.1 Testing of convicted prostitutes and injection drug users for infection with human immunodeficienc...
A. As soon as practicable following conviction of any person for violation of § 18.2-346 or 18.2-361, or any violation of Article 1 (§ 18.2-247 ...
18.2-347 Keeping, residing in or frequenting a bawdy place; "bawdy place" defined
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any bawdy place, or to reside in or at or visit, for immoral purposes, any such ...
18.2-348 Aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse
It shall be unlawful for any person or any officer, employee or agent of any firm, association or corporation, with knowledge of, or good reason ...
18.2-349 Using vehicles to promote prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse
It shall be unlawful for any owner or chauffeur of any vehicle, with knowledge or reason to believe the same is to be used for ...
18.2-350 Confinement of convicted prostitutes and persons violating {{ 18.2-347 through 18.2-349
Every person convicted of being a prostitute and every person convicted of violating any of the provisions of §§ 18.2-347 through 18.2-349 shall be guilty ...
18.2-351 through 18.2-353
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459. ...
18.2-354 Description unavailable
Reserved. ...
18.2-355 Taking, detaining, etc., person for prostitution, etc., or consenting thereto
Any person who: (1) For purposes of prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse, takes any person into, or persuades, encourages or causes any person to enter, ...
18.2-356 Receiving money for procuring person
Any person who shall receive any money or other valuable thing for or on account of procuring for or placing in a house of prostitution ...
18.2-357 Receiving money from earnings of male or female prostitute
Any person who shall knowingly receive any money or other valuable thing from the earnings of any male or female engaged in prostitution, except for ...
18.2-358 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459. ...
18.2-359 Venue for criminal sexual assault or where any person transported for criminal sexual assault, atte...
A. Any person transporting or attempting to transport through or across this Commonwealth, any person for the purposes of unlawful sexual intercourse or prostitution, or ...
18.2-360 Competency of persons to testify in prosecutions under {{ 18.2-355 through 18.2-361
Any male or female referred to in §§ 18.2-355 through 18.2-361 shall be a competent witness in any prosecution under such sections to testify to ...
18.2-361 Crimes against nature; penalty
A. If any person carnally knows in any manner any brute animal, or carnally knows any male or female person by the anus or by ...
18.2-362 Person marrying when husband or wife is living; penalty; venue
If any person, being married, shall, during the life of the husband or wife, marry another person in this Commonwealth, or if the marriage with ...
18.2-363 Leaving Commonwealth to evade law against bigamy
If any persons, resident in this Commonwealth, one of whom has a husband or wife living, shall, with the intention of returning to reside in ...
18.2-364 Exceptions to preceding sections
Sections 18.2-362 and 18.2-363 shall not extend to a person whose husband or wife shall have been continuously absent from such person for seven years ...
18.2-365 Adultery defined; penalty
Any person, being married, who voluntarily shall have sexual intercourse with any person not his or her spouse shall be guilty of adultery, punishable as ...
18.2-366 Adultery and fornication by persons forbidden to marry; incest
A. Any person who commits adultery or fornication with any person whom he or she is forbidden by law to marry shall be guilty of ...
18.2-367 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 459. ...
18.2-368 Placing or leaving wife for prostitution
Any person who, by force, fraud, intimidation or threats, places or leaves, or procures any other person to place or leave his wife in a ...
18.2-369 Abuse and neglect of incapacitated adults; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any responsible person to abuse or neglect any incapacitated adult as defined in this section. Any responsible person who ...
18.2-370 Taking indecent liberties with children; penalties
A. Any person 18 years of age or over, who, with lascivious intent, knowingly and intentionally commits any of the following acts with any child ...
18.2-370.01 Indecent liberties by children; penalty
Any child over the age of thirteen years but under the age of eighteen who, with lascivious intent, knowingly and intentionally exposes his or her ...
18.2-370.1 Taking indecent liberties with child by person in custodial or supervisory relationship; penaltie...
A. Any person 18 years of age or older who, except as provided in § 18.2-370, maintains a custodial or supervisory relationship over a child ...
18.2-370.2 Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty
A. "Offense prohibiting proximity to children" means a violation or an attempt to commit a violation of (i) subsection A of § 18.2-47, clause (ii) ...
18.2-370.3 Sex offenses prohibiting residing in proximity to children; penalty
A. Every adult who is convicted of an offense occurring on or after July 1, 2006, where the offender is more than three years older ...
18.2-370.4 Sex offenses prohibiting working on school property; penalty.
A. Every adult who has been convicted of an offense occurring on or after July 1, 2006, where the offender is more than three years ...
18.2-370.5 Sex offenses prohibiting entry onto school property; penalty
A. Every adult who is convicted of a sexually violent offense, as defined in § 9.1-902, shall be prohibited from entering and being present, during ...
18.2-370.6 Penetration of mouth of child with lascivious intent; penalty.
Any person 18 years of age or older who, with lascivious intent, kisses a child under the age of 13 on the mouth while knowingly ...
18.2-371 Causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc.; penalty; abandoned infan...
Any person 18 years of age or older, including the parent of any child, who (i) willfully contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, ...
18.2-371.1 Abuse and neglect of children; penalty; abandoned infant
A. Any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child under the age of 18 who by willful act or omission ...
18.2-371.2 Prohibiting purchase or possession of tobacco products by minors or sale of tobacco products to min...
A. No person shall sell to, distribute to, purchase for or knowingly permit the purchase by any person less than 18 years of age, knowing ...
18.2-371.3 Tattooing or body piercing of minors
No person shall tattoo or perform body piercing for hire or consideration on a person less than eighteen years of age, knowing or having reason ...
18.2-372 "Obscene" defined
The word "obscene" where it appears in this article shall mean that which, considered as a whole, has as its dominant theme or purpose an ...
18.2-373 Obscene items enumerated
Obscene items shall include: (1) Any obscene book; (2) Any obscene leaflet, pamphlet, magazine, booklet, picture, painting, bumper sticker, drawing, photograph, film, negative, slide, motion ...
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, ...
18.2-374.1 Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; presumption as to age; severa...
A. For purposes of this article and Article 4 (§ 18.2-362 et seq.) of this chapter, "child pornography" means sexually explicit visual material which utilizes ...
18.2-374.1:1 Possession, reproduction, distribution, 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 ...
18.2-374.1:2 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2007, cc. 759 and 823, cl. 2. ...
18.2-374.2 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 995. ...
18.2-374.3 Use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children
A. As used in subsections C, D, and E "use a communications system" means making personal contact or direct contact through any agent or agency, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 through 18.2-379 shall be guilty of a Class ...
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 ...
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 ...
18.2-384 Proceeding against book alleged to be obscene
(1) Whenever he has reasonable cause to believe that any person is engaged in the sale or commercial distribution of any obscene book, any citizen ...
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. ...
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 ...
18.2-386.1 Unlawful filming, videotaping or photographing of another; penalty
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and intentionally videotape, photograph, or film any nonconsenting person or create any videographic or still ...
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 ...
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 ...
18.2-388 Profane swearing and intoxication in public; penalty; transportation of public inebriates to detoxi...
If any person profanely curses or swears or is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other intoxicant or drug ...
18.2-389 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 462. ...
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 ...
18.2-391 Unlawful acts; penalties
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, rent or loan to a juvenile, knowing or having reason to know that such person ...
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, ...
18.2-392 through 18.2-403
Repealed by Acts 1984, c. 492. ...
18.2-403.1 Offenses involving animals - Class 1 misdemeanors
The following unlawful acts and offenses against animals shall constitute and be punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor: 1. Violation of subsection A of § ...
18.2-403.2 Offenses involving animals - Class 3 misdemeanors
The following unlawful acts and offenses against animals shall constitute and be punished as a Class 3 misdemeanor: 1. Violation of § 3.2-6511 pertaining to ...
18.2-403.3 Offenses involving animals - Class 4 misdemeanors
The following unlawful acts and offenses against animals shall constitute and be punished as a Class 4 misdemeanor: 1. Violation of § 3.2-6566 pertaining to ...
18.2-403.4 Unauthorized release of animals; penalty
Any person who intentionally releases an animal, as defined in § 3.2-6500, lawfully confined for scientific, research, commercial, agricultural or educational purposes without the consent ...

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