Virginia § 18.2-374.4 - Display of child pornography or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful; penalty
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 18.2-374.4 — Display of child pornography or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful; penalty, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18.2-374.4. Display of child pornography or grooming video or materials to a child unlawful; penalty
A. Any person 18 years of age or older who displays child pornography or a grooming video or materials to a child under 13 years of age with the intent to entice, solicit, or encourage the child to engage in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
B. "Grooming video or materials" means a cartoon, animation, image, or series of images depicting a child engaged in the fondling of the sexual or genital parts of another or the fondling of his sexual or genital parts by another, masturbation, sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, or object sexual penetration.
2012, c. 624.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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