Virginia legal term
Sexual conduct in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Sexual conduct” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Sexual conduct” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Sexual conduct" means actual or explicitly simulated acts of masturbation, 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. (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-390)
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