2011 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY.
Chapter 8 Crimes Involving Morals and Decency (18.2-325 thru 18.2-403.4)
18.2-370.2 Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty
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) or (iii) of 18.2-48, subsection B of 18.2-361, or subsection B of 18.2-366, where the victim of one of the foregoing offenses was a minor, or (ii) subsection A (iii) of 18.2-61, 18.2-63, 18.2-64.1, subdivision A 1 of 18.2-67.1, subdivision A 1 of 18.2-67.2, or subdivision A 1 or A 4 (a) of 18.2-67.3, or 18.2-370, 18.2-370.1, clause (ii) of 18.2-371, 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1 or 18.2-379. As of July 1, 2006, "offense prohibiting proximity to children" shall include a violation of 18.2-472.1, when the offense requiring registration was one of the foregoing offenses.
B. Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2000, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary or high school. In addition, every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2006, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in 63.2-100.
C. Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2008, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children that are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or should know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.
A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6 felony.
(2000, c. 770; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2008, c. 579.)
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