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This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 673<\/a> and 674<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":164441,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84559,"identifier":"18.2-473.2","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-473.2","url":"\/18.2-473.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-473.2\/","token":"18.2\/10\/7\/18.2-473.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Covering a security camera in a correctional facility; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-473.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section, “security camera<\/span>” means an analog or digital photographic or video camera or other device capable of recording or transmitting a photograph, motion<\/span> picture, or other digital image that has been installed in a state or local correctional facility or any juvenile correctional center. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages<\/span>, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera<\/span> without the permission of the sheriff, jail superintendent, warden, or Director of the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages<\/span>, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera<\/span> with the intent<\/span> of inhibiting or preventing a security camera<\/span> from recording or transmitting a photograph, motion<\/span> picture, or other digital image of the commission of a felony<\/span> is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOVERING A SECURITY CAMERA IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-473.2)\n\nA. As used in this section, “security camera” means an analog or\ndigital photographic or video camera or other device capable of recording or\ntransmitting a photograph, motion picture, or other digital image that has been\ninstalled in a state or local correctional facility or any juvenile correctional\ncenter.\n\nB. Any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or\notherwise obscures a security camera without the permission of the sheriff, jail\nsuperintendent, warden, or Director of the Department of Corrections or\nDepartment of Juvenile Justice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nC. Any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or\notherwise obscures a security camera with the intent of inhibiting or preventing\na security camera from recording or transmitting a photograph, motion picture,\nor other digital image of the commission of a felony is guilty of a Class 6\nfelony.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, cc. 673, 674.","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}}