Virginia § 18.2-468 - Making sound recordings of jury deliberations

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§ 18.2-468. Making sound recordings of jury deliberations

If any person shall install or cause to be installed or use or cause to be used any microphone or device designed for recording or transmitting for recording sound in any jury room in this Commonwealth for the purpose of recording the deliberations of any jury or for the purpose of preparing a summary of such deliberations, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Code 1950, § 18.1-299; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.

Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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