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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 2019, chapter 617<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79810,"section_number":"18.2-346","catch_line":"Prostitution; commercial sexual conduct; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-346\/"},{"id":85705,"section_number":"18.2-347","catch_line":"Keeping, residing in, or frequenting a bawdy place; \"bawdy place\" defined; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-347\/"},{"id":83161,"section_number":"18.2-348","catch_line":"Aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse, etc.; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-348\/"},{"id":85342,"section_number":"18.2-349","catch_line":"Using vehicles to promote prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-349\/"}],"permalink":{"id":167697,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72571,"identifier":"18.2-350","token":"18.2\/8\/3\/18.2-350","url":"\/18.2-350\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-350\/","token":"18.2\/8\/3\/18.2-350","dublin_core":{"Title":"Confinement of convicted prostitutes and persons violating \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-347 through 18.2-349","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-350","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of \u00a7 18.2-346<\/a> or of a misdemeanor<\/span> violation of \u00a7 18.2-347<\/a>, 18.2-348<\/a>, or 18.2-349<\/a> and where a city or county farm or hospital is available for the confinement of persons so convicted, confinement may be in such farm or hospital, in the discretion of the court<\/span> or judge<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFINEMENT OF CONVICTED PROSTITUTES AND PERSONS VIOLATING \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-347 THROUGH\n18.2-349 (\u00a7 18.2-350)\n\nIn any case in which a person is convicted of a violation of \u00a7 18.2-346 or of a\nmisdemeanor violation of \u00a7 18.2-347, 18.2-348, or 18.2-349 and where a city or\ncounty farm or hospital is available for the confinement of persons so\nconvicted, confinement may be in such farm or hospital, in the discretion of the\ncourt or judge.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-199; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2019, c. 617;\n2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.","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}}