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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-374.4 — Display of obscene material, child pornography, or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful; penalty

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 5: Obscenity and Related Offenses, Code of Virginia.

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Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-374.4

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-374.4Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
A. Any person 18 years of age or older who displays any obscene item or material, including child pornography or a grooming video or materials to a child younger than 13 years of age with lascivious intent to entice, solicit, or encourage the child to engage in the touching or fondling of his own sexual or genital parts, the touching or fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another, or the touching or fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, or masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration is guilty of a Class 6 felony. B. For purposes of this section: "Grooming video or materials" means a cartoon, animation, video, photograph, image, or series of images depicting any person (i) totally nude; (ii) in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast; or (iii) not exposed but the material is obscene and such person is engaged in the touching or fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another, the touching or fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration.

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Is display of obscene material, child pornography, or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?

Display of obscene material, child pornography, or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful is a class 6 felony in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-374.4.

Which Virginia statute covers display of obscene material, child pornography, or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful?

Display of obscene material, child pornography, or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-374.4 (Display of obscene material, child pornography, or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful; penalty).

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