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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 439 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapter 518<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 671<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 354<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85030,"section_number":"18.2-190.5","catch_line":"Separate offenses; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-190.5\/"},{"id":73751,"section_number":"18.2-190.6","catch_line":"Restitution","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-190.6\/"},{"id":73735,"section_number":"19.2-386.18","catch_line":"Forfeiture of unlawful electronic communication devices","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.18\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166165,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71988,"identifier":"18.2-190.3","token":"18.2\/6\/5.1\/18.2-190.3","url":"\/18.2-190.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-190.3\/","token":"18.2\/6\/5.1\/18.2-190.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of an unlawful electronic communication device; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-190.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A person who (i) knowingly sells<\/span> an unlawful electronic communication device<\/span><\/span> or (ii) sells<\/span> material<\/span>, including hardware, data, computer software or other information or equipment, knowing, or having reason to know, that the purchaser or a third person intends to use such material<\/span> in the manufacture of an unlawful electronic communication device<\/span><\/span><\/span>, shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF AN UNLAWFUL ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-190.3)\n\nA person who (i) knowingly sells an unlawful electronic communication device or\n(ii) sells material, including hardware, data, computer software or other\ninformation or equipment, knowing, or having reason to know, that the purchaser\nor a third person intends to use such material in the manufacture of an unlawful\nelectronic communication device, shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 439; 1998, c. 518; 2002, c. 671; 2003, c. 354.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}