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2022 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

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VA Code § 18.2-357.1 (2022)
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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 § 18.2-346, solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes or attempts to cause a person to violate § 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 18 years of age is guilty of a Class 3 felony.

D. Each violation of this section constitutes a separate and distinct felony.

2015, cc. 690, 691; 2019, c. 617; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.

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