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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 598 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1983, chapter 535; in 1984, chapter 31.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54839,"section_number":"18.2-265.1","catch_line":"Definition","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-265.1\/"},{"id":76488,"section_number":"19.2-392.12:1","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of charges and convictions related to automatic sealing; petition","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.12_1\/"},{"id":73569,"section_number":"32.1-45.4","catch_line":"Comprehensive harm reduction programs","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-45.4\/"},{"id":57582,"section_number":"4.1-606","catch_line":"Regulations of the Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-606\/"},{"id":76941,"section_number":"54.1-3466","catch_line":"Possession or distribution of controlled paraphernalia; definition of controlled paraphernalia; evidence; exceptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3466\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166743,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71055,"identifier":"18.2-265.3","token":"18.2\/7\/1.1\/18.2-265.3","url":"\/18.2-265.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-265.3\/","token":"18.2\/7\/1.1\/18.2-265.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalties for sale, etc., of drug paraphernalia","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-265.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person who sells or possesses with intent<\/span> to sell drug paraphernalia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it is either designed for use or intended by such person for use to illegally plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body marijuana or a controlled substance, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person eighteen years of age or older who violates subsection A hereof by selling drug paraphernalia to a minor<\/span> who is at least three years junior to the accused<\/span> in age shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any person eighteen years of age or older who distributes drug paraphernalia to a minor<\/span> shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTIES FOR SALE, ETC., OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA (\u00a7 18.2-265.3)\n\nA. Any person who sells or possesses with intent to sell drug paraphernalia,\nknowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it is\neither designed for use or intended by such person for use to illegally plant,\npropagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce,\nprocess, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject,\ningest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body marijuana or a\ncontrolled substance, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nB. Any person eighteen years of age or older who violates subsection A hereof by\nselling drug paraphernalia to a minor who is at least three years junior to the\naccused in age shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nC. Any person eighteen years of age or older who distributes drug paraphernalia\nto a minor shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 598; 1983, c. 535; 1984, c. 31.","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}}