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2018 Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 8 - Crimes Involving Morals and Decency
§ 18.2-357.1. Commercial sex trafficking; penalties
Universal Citation: VA Code § 18.2-357.1 (2018)
A. Any person who, with the intent to receive money or other valuable thing or to assist another in receiving money or other valuable thing from the earnings of a person from prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse in violation of subsection A of § 18.2-346, solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes or attempts to cause a person to violate subsection A of § 18.2-346 is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
B. Any person who violates subsection A through the use of force, intimidation, or deception is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
C. Any adult who violates subsection A with a person under the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
2015, cc. 690, 691.
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