{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/18.2-370.2.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/18.2-370.2.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/18.2-370.2.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/18.2-370.2.html"}],"law_id":86551,"edition_id":1,"section_id":86551,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-370.2","catch_line":"Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty","history":"2000, c. 770; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2008, c. 579; 2017, c. 507; 2020, cc. 860, 861.","full_text":"A\n\n&#8220;Offense prohibiting proximity to children&#8221; means a violation or an attempt to commit a violation of (i) subsection A of &#xA7; 18.2-47, clause (ii) or (iii) of &#xA7; 18.2-48, subsection B of &#xA7; 18.2-361, or subsection B of &#xA7; 18.2-366, where the victim of one of the foregoing offenses was a minor, or (ii) clause (iii) of subsection A of &#xA7; 18.2-61, &#xA7; 18.2-63 or 18.2-64.1, subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; 18.2-67.1, subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; 18.2-67.2, subdivision A 1 or A 4 (a) of &#xA7; 18.2-67.3, &#xA7; 18.2-370 or 18.2-370.1, clause (ii) of &#xA7; 18.2-371, or &#xA7; 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1 or 18.2-379. As of July 1, 2006, &#8220;offense prohibiting proximity to children&#8221; includes a violation of &#xA7; 18.2-472.1 when the offense requiring registration was one of the foregoing offenses.B\n\nEvery adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2000, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary or high school. In addition, every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2006, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in &#xA7; 22.1-289.02.C\n\nEvery adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2008, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or should know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.D\n\nAny person convicted of an offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, similar to any offense set forth in subsection A shall be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary, or high school or any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in &#xA7; 22.1-289.02. In addition, he shall be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or has reason to know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.E\n\nA violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6 felony.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":309977,"text":"&#8220;Offense prohibiting proximity to children&#8221; means a violation or an attempt to commit a violation of (i) subsection A of &#xA7; 18.2-47, clause (ii) or (iii) of &#xA7; 18.2-48, subsection B of &#xA7; 18.2-361, or subsection B of &#xA7; 18.2-366, where the victim of one of the foregoing offenses was a minor, or (ii) clause (iii) of subsection A of &#xA7; 18.2-61, &#xA7; 18.2-63 or 18.2-64.1, subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; 18.2-67.1, subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; 18.2-67.2, subdivision A 1 or A 4 (a) of &#xA7; 18.2-67.3, &#xA7; 18.2-370 or 18.2-370.1, clause (ii) of &#xA7; 18.2-371, or &#xA7; 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1 or 18.2-379. As of July 1, 2006, &#8220;offense prohibiting proximity to children&#8221; includes a violation of &#xA7; 18.2-472.1 when the offense requiring registration was one of the foregoing offenses.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":309978,"text":"Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2000, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary or high school. In addition, every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2006, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in &#xA7; 22.1-289.02.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":309979,"text":"Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2008, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or should know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":309980,"text":"Any person convicted of an offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, similar to any offense set forth in subsection A shall be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary, or high school or any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in &#xA7; 22.1-289.02. In addition, he shall be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or has reason to know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":309981,"text":"A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6 felony.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14343,"edition_id":1,"name":"Family Offenses; Crimes Against Children, etc","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14022,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:49","permalink":{"id":167753,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14343,"identifier":"4","token":"18.2\/8\/4","url":"\/18.2\/8\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14022,"edition_id":1,"name":"Crimes Involving Morals and Decency","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12972,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:37","permalink":{"id":167393,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14022,"identifier":"8","token":"18.2\/8","url":"\/18.2\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12972,"edition_id":1,"name":"Crimes and Offenses Generally","identifier":"18.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","permalink":{"id":164139,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12972,"identifier":"18.2","token":"18.2","url":"\/18.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":86356,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-362","catch_line":"Person marrying when spouse is living; penalty; venue","url":"\/18.2-362\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-362","metadata":false},{"id":85324,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-363","catch_line":"Leaving Commonwealth to evade law against bigamy","url":"\/18.2-363\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-363","metadata":false},{"id":66589,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-364","catch_line":"Exceptions to \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-362 and 18.2-363","url":"\/18.2-364\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-364","metadata":false},{"id":73179,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-365","catch_line":"Adultery defined; penalty","url":"\/18.2-365\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-365","metadata":false},{"id":76153,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-366","catch_line":"Sexual intercourse by persons forbidden to marry; incest; penalties","url":"\/18.2-366\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-366","metadata":false},{"id":77238,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-367","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/18.2-367\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-367","metadata":false},{"id":55653,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-368","catch_line":"Placing or leaving spouse for prostitution; penalty","url":"\/18.2-368\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-368","metadata":false},{"id":70553,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-369","catch_line":"Abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults; penalties","url":"\/18.2-369\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-369","metadata":false},{"id":60265,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-370","catch_line":"Taking indecent liberties with children; penalties","url":"\/18.2-370\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-370","metadata":false},{"id":62948,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-370.01","catch_line":"Indecent liberties by children; penalty","url":"\/18.2-370.01\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-370.01","metadata":false},{"id":80307,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-370.1","catch_line":"Taking indecent liberties with child by person in custodial or supervisory relationship; penalties","url":"\/18.2-370.1\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-370.1","metadata":false},{"id":86551,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-370.2","catch_line":"Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; 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penalty; abandoned infant","url":"\/18.2-371\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-371","metadata":false},{"id":65049,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-371.1","catch_line":"Abuse and neglect of children; penalties; abandoned infant","url":"\/18.2-371.1\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-371.1","metadata":false},{"id":68538,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-371.2","catch_line":"Prohibiting sale or distribution, etc. of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by persons under 21 years of age; civil penalties","url":"\/18.2-371.2\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-371.2","metadata":false},{"id":84277,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-371.2:1","catch_line":"Prohibiting possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age; seizure","url":"\/18.2-371.2_1\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-371.2_1","metadata":false},{"id":57919,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-371.3","catch_line":"Tattooing or body piercing of minors","url":"\/18.2-371.3\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-371.3","metadata":false},{"id":75915,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-371.4","catch_line":"Prohibiting the sale of novelty lighters to juveniles","url":"\/18.2-371.4\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-371.4","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":80307,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-370.1","catch_line":"Taking indecent liberties with child by person in custodial or supervisory relationship; penalties","url":"\/18.2-370.1\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-370.1","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":83105,"structure_id":14343,"section_number":"18.2-370.3","catch_line":"Sex offenses prohibiting residing in proximity to children; penalty","url":"\/18.2-370.3\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-370.3","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/18.2-370.2\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP0770\">770<\/a> 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. It has been modified 4 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 2006, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0857\">857<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0914\">914<\/a>; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0579\">579<\/a>; in 2017, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0507\">507<\/a>; in 2020, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0861\">861<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83800,"section_number":"18.2-10","catch_line":"Punishment for conviction of felony; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-10\/"},{"id":87024,"section_number":"18.2-11","catch_line":"Punishment for conviction of misdemeanor","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-11\/"},{"id":75041,"section_number":"19.2-299","catch_line":"Investigations and reports by probation officers in certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-299\/"},{"id":61280,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"},{"id":59659,"section_number":"63.2-1530","catch_line":"Virginia Child Protection Accountability System","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1530\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55287,"section_number":"18.2-361","catch_line":"Crimes against nature; 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penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.2\/"},{"id":85126,"section_number":"18.2-67.3","catch_line":"Aggravated sexual battery; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.3\/"},{"id":83341,"section_number":"22.1-289.02","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/22.1-289.02\/"}],"permalink":{"id":167799,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86551,"identifier":"18.2-370.2","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-370.2","url":"\/18.2-370.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-370.2\/","token":"18.2\/8\/4\/18.2-370.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sex offenses prohibiting proximity to children; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-370.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Offense prohibiting proximity to children<\/span>&#8221; means a violation or an attempt to commit a violation of (i) subsection A of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Abduction and kidnapping defined; forced labor; punishment\" href=\"\/18.2-47\/\">18.2-47<\/a>, clause (ii) or (iii) of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose\" href=\"\/18.2-48\/\">18.2-48<\/a>, subsection B of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Crimes against nature; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-361\/\">18.2-361<\/a>, or subsection B of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Sexual intercourse by persons forbidden to marry; incest; penalties\" href=\"\/18.2-366\/\">18.2-366<\/a>, where the victim of one of the foregoing <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> was a <span class=\"dictionary\">minor<\/span>, or (ii) clause (iii) of subsection A of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Rape\" href=\"\/18.2-61\/\">18.2-61<\/a>, &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age\" href=\"\/18.2-63\/\">18.2-63<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Carnal knowledge of certain minors\" href=\"\/18.2-64.1\/\">18.2-64.1<\/a>, subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Forcible sodomy\" href=\"\/18.2-67.1\/\">18.2-67.1<\/a>, subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Object sexual penetration; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-67.2\/\">18.2-67.2<\/a>, subdivision A 1 or A 4 (a) of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Aggravated sexual battery; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-67.3\/\">18.2-67.3<\/a>, &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Taking indecent liberties with children; penalties\" href=\"\/18.2-370\/\">18.2-370<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Taking indecent liberties with child by person in custodial or supervisory relationship; penalties\" href=\"\/18.2-370.1\/\">18.2-370.1<\/a>, clause (ii) of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc.; penalty; abandoned infant\" href=\"\/18.2-371\/\">18.2-371<\/a>, or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Production, publication, sale, financing, etc., of child pornography; presumption as to age\" href=\"\/18.2-374.1\/\">18.2-374.1<\/a>, <a class=\"law\" title=\"Possession, reproduction, distribution, solicitation, and facilitation of child pornography; penalty\" href=\"\/18.2-374.1_1\/\">18.2-374.1:1<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Employing or permitting minor to assist in offense under article\" href=\"\/18.2-379\/\">18.2-379<\/a>. As of July 1, 2006, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">offense prohibiting proximity to children<\/span>&#8221; includes a violation of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Providing false information or failing to provide registration information; penalty; prima facie evidence\" href=\"\/18.2-472.1\/\">18.2-472.1<\/a> when the offense requiring registration was one of the foregoing <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-309977\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-370.2\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Every adult who is convicted of an <span class=\"dictionary\">offense prohibiting proximity to children<\/span> when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2000, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary or high school. In addition, every adult who is convicted of an <span class=\"dictionary\">offense prohibiting proximity to children<\/span> when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2006, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/22.1-289.02\/\">22.1-289.02<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-309978\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-370.2\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Every adult who is convicted of an <span class=\"dictionary\">offense prohibiting proximity to children<\/span>, when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2008, shall as part of his sentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span>, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or should know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium. <a id=\"paragraph-309979\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-370.2\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> Any person convicted of an offense under the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, similar to any offense set forth in subsection A shall be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary, or high school or any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/22.1-289.02\/\">22.1-289.02<\/a>. In addition, he shall be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span>, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or has reason to know is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium. <a id=\"paragraph-309980\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-370.2\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"E\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">E.<\/span> A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-309981\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-370.2\/#E\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEX OFFENSES PROHIBITING PROXIMITY TO CHILDREN; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-370.2)\n\nA. &#8220;Offense prohibiting proximity to children&#8221; means a violation or\nan attempt to commit a violation of (i) subsection A of &#xA7; 18.2-47, clause\n(ii) or (iii) of &#xA7; 18.2-48, subsection B of &#xA7; 18.2-361, or subsection\nB of &#xA7; 18.2-366, where the victim of one of the foregoing offenses was a\nminor, or (ii) clause (iii) of subsection A of &#xA7; 18.2-61, &#xA7; 18.2-63 or\n18.2-64.1, subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; 18.2-67.1, subdivision A 1 of &#xA7;\n18.2-67.2, subdivision A 1 or A 4 (a) of &#xA7; 18.2-67.3, &#xA7; 18.2-370 or\n18.2-370.1, clause (ii) of &#xA7; 18.2-371, or &#xA7; 18.2-374.1, 18.2-374.1:1\nor 18.2-379. As of July 1, 2006, &#8220;offense prohibiting proximity to\nchildren&#8221; includes a violation of &#xA7; 18.2-472.1 when the offense\nrequiring registration was one of the foregoing offenses.\n\nB. Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children\nwhen the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2000, shall as part of his\nsentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of\nany place he knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary or high school.\nIn addition, every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to\nchildren when the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2006, shall as part of\nhis sentence be forever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the\npremises of any place he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as\ndefined in &#xA7; 22.1-289.02.\n\nC. Every adult who is convicted of an offense prohibiting proximity to children,\nwhen the offense occurred on or after July 1, 2008, shall as part of his\nsentence be forever prohibited from going, for the purpose of having any contact\nwhatsoever with children who are not in his custody, within 100 feet of the\npremises of any place owned or operated by a locality that he knows or should\nknow is a playground, athletic field or facility, or gymnasium.\n\nD. Any person convicted of an offense under the laws of any foreign country or\nany political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political\nsubdivision thereof, similar to any offense set forth in subsection A shall be\nforever prohibited from loitering within 100 feet of the premises of any place\nhe knows or has reason to know is a primary, secondary, or high school or any\nplace he knows or has reason to know is a child day program as defined in &#xA7;\n22.1-289.02. In addition, he shall be forever prohibited from going, for the\npurpose of having any contact whatsoever with children who are not in his\ncustody, within 100 feet of the premises of any place owned or operated by a\nlocality that he knows or has reason to know is a playground, athletic field or\nfacility, or gymnasium.\n\nE. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 770; 2006, cc. 857, 914; 2008, c. 579; 2017, c. 507; 2020, cc.\n860, 861.","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}}