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It has been modified 5 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 233; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 1981, chapter 293; in 1989, chapter 546; in 2000, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?001+ful+CHAP1009\">1009<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68045,"section_number":"18.2-361.01","catch_line":"Sexual abuse of animals; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-361.01\/"},{"id":83162,"section_number":"18.2-376","catch_line":"Advertising, etc., obscene items, exhibitions or performances","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-376\/"},{"id":59750,"section_number":"18.2-377","catch_line":"Placards, posters, bills, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-377\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":167849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86006,"identifier":"18.2-373","token":"18.2\/8\/5\/18.2-373","url":"\/18.2-373\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-373\/","token":"18.2\/8\/5\/18.2-373","dublin_core":{"Title":"Obscene items enumerated","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-373","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Obscene items shall include:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Any obscene book; <a id=\"paragraph-308018\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-373\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Any obscene leaflet, pamphlet, magazine, booklet, picture, painting, bumper sticker, drawing, photograph, film, negative, slide, <span class=\"dictionary\">motion<\/span> picture, videotape recording; <a id=\"paragraph-308019\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-373\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Any obscene figure, <span class=\"dictionary\">object<\/span>, article, instrument, novelty device, or recording or transcription used or intended to be used in disseminating any obscene song, ballad, words, or sounds; or <a id=\"paragraph-308020\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-373\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Any obscene writing, picture or similar visual representation, or sound recording, stored in an electronic or other medium retrievable in a perceivable form. <a id=\"paragraph-308021\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-373\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOBSCENE ITEMS ENUMERATED (\u00a7 18.2-373)\n\nObscene items shall include:\n\n1. 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