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I, cc. 26, 37; 2024, c. 592.","full_text":"A\n\nAn accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender if he is a law-enforcement officer or an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as defined in § 16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency, or a pretrial services agency; is in a position of authority over the person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer, inmate, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; knows that the person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer, inmate, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender is in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency or under the jurisdiction of a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as defined in § 16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency, or a pretrial services agency; and carnally knows, without the use of force, threat, or intimidation, (i) an inmate who has been committed to jail or convicted and sentenced to confinement in a state or local correctional facility or regional jail or (ii) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency or under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as defined in § 16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency, a pretrial services agency, a local or regional jail for the purposes of imprisonment, a work program, or any other parole\/probationary or pretrial services program or agency. Such offense is a Class 6 felony.\n\t\t\tAn accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender if he (a) is an owner or employee of the bail bond company that posted the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond; (b) has the authority to revoke the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond; and (c) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender. Such offense is a Class 6 felony.\n\t\t\tAn accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person serving as a confidential informant if he (1) is a law-enforcement officer; (2) knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and (3) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, such confidential informant while such person is serving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which the confidential informant assisted the law-enforcement agency with its investigation. Such offense is a Class 6 felony.B\n\nFor the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Carnal knowledge” includes the acts of sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, and animate or inanimate object sexual penetration.\n\t\t\t“Confidential informant” means any person, other than an employee of a law-enforcement agency, who engages in, or provides information about, criminal activity for the purpose of assisting a law-enforcement agency in investigating the criminal activity of another, in exchange for a benefit, the promise of a benefit, or the hope or expectation thereof.\n\t\t\t“Law-enforcement officer” means the same as that term is defined in § 9.1-101.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":279549,"text":"An accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender if he is a law-enforcement officer or an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as defined in § 16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency, or a pretrial services agency; is in a position of authority over the person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer, inmate, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; knows that the person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer, inmate, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender is in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency or under the jurisdiction of a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as defined in § 16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency, or a pretrial services agency; and carnally knows, without the use of force, threat, or intimidation, (i) an inmate who has been committed to jail or convicted and sentenced to confinement in a state or local correctional facility or regional jail or (ii) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency or under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as defined in § 16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency, a pretrial services agency, a local or regional jail for the purposes of imprisonment, a work program, or any other parole\/probationary or pretrial services program or agency. Such offense is a Class 6 felony.\n\t\t\tAn accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender if he (a) is an owner or employee of the bail bond company that posted the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond; (b) has the authority to revoke the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond; and (c) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender. Such offense is a Class 6 felony.\n\t\t\tAn accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person serving as a confidential informant if he (1) is a law-enforcement officer; (2) knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and (3) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, such confidential informant while such person is serving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which the confidential informant assisted the law-enforcement agency with its investigation. 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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 294<\/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 6 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 2000, chapter 1040<\/a>; in 2001, chapter 385<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 133<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 602<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 479<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 592<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67699,"section_number":"18.2-67.4","catch_line":"Sexual battery","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.4\/"},{"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":71434,"section_number":"19.2-8","catch_line":"Limitation of prosecutions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-8\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63788,"section_number":"16.1-228","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-228\/"},{"id":85897,"section_number":"16.1-235","catch_line":"How probation, parole and related court services provided","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-235\/"},{"id":73488,"section_number":"9.1-101","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":165155,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77968,"identifier":"18.2-64.2","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-64.2","url":"\/18.2-64.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-64.2\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-64.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, or confidential informant; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-64.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> An accused<\/span> is guilty of carnal knowledge<\/span> of a person detained or arrested by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant<\/span> or posttrial offender if he is a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> or an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228<\/a>, a state or local court<\/span> services unit as defined in § 16.1-235<\/a>, a local community-based probation<\/span> services agency, or a pretrial services<\/span> agency; is in a position of authority over the person detained or arrested by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>, inmate, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant<\/span> or posttrial offender; knows that the person detained or arrested by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>, inmate, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant<\/span> or posttrial offender is in the custody<\/span> of a private, local, or state law<\/span>-enforcement agency or under the jurisdiction<\/span> of a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228<\/a>, a state or local court<\/span> services unit as defined in § 16.1-235<\/a>, a local community-based probation<\/span> services agency, or a pretrial services<\/span> agency; and carnally knows, without the use of force, threat, or intimidation, (i) an inmate who has been committed to jail or convicted and sentenced to confinement in a state or local correctional facility or regional jail or (ii) a person detained or arrested by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant<\/span> or posttrial offender in the custody<\/span> of a private, local, or state law<\/span>-enforcement agency or under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined in § 16.1-228<\/a>, a state or local court<\/span> services unit as defined in § 16.1-235<\/a>, a local community-based probation<\/span> services agency, a pretrial services<\/span> agency, a local or regional jail for the purposes of imprisonment, a work program, or any other parole<\/span>\/probationary or pretrial services<\/span> program or agency. Such offense<\/span> is a Class 6 felony<\/span>.\n\t\t\tAn accused<\/span> is guilty of carnal knowledge<\/span> of a pretrial defendant<\/span> or posttrial offender if he (a) is an owner or employee of the bail bond<\/span> company that posted the pretrial defendant<\/span>’s or posttrial offender’s bond; (b) has the authority to revoke the pretrial defendant<\/span>’s or posttrial offender’s bond; and (c) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, a pretrial defendant<\/span> or posttrial offender. Such offense<\/span> is a Class 6 felony<\/span>.\n\t\t\tAn accused<\/span> is guilty of carnal knowledge<\/span> of a person serving as a confidential informant<\/span> if he (1) is a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>; (2) knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant<\/span> for the law<\/span>-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and (3) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, such confidential informant<\/span> while such person is serving as a confidential informant<\/span> or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which the confidential informant<\/span> assisted the law<\/span>-enforcement agency with its investigation. Such offense<\/span> is a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Carnal knowledge<\/span>” includes the acts of sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, and animate or inanimate object<\/span> sexual penetration.\n\t\t\t“Confidential informant<\/span>” means any person, other than an employee of a law<\/span>-enforcement agency, who engages in, or provides information about, criminal activity for the purpose of assisting a law<\/span>-enforcement agency in investigating the criminal activity of another, in exchange for a benefit, the promise of a benefit, or the hope or expectation thereof.\n\t\t\t“Law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in § 9.1-101<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A PERSON DETAINED OR ARRESTED BY A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER\nOR AN INMATE, PAROLEE, PROBATIONER, JUVENILE DETAINEE, PRETRIAL DEFENDANT OR\nPOSTTRIAL OFFENDER, OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-64.2)\n\nA. An accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by\na law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee,\nor pretrial defendant or posttrial offender if he is a law-enforcement officer\nor an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, a state or local\ncorrectional facility or regional jail, the Department of Corrections, the\nDepartment of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined\nin § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as defined in §\n16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency, or a pretrial\nservices agency; is in a position of authority over the person detained or\narrested by a law-enforcement officer, inmate, probationer, parolee, juvenile\ndetainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender; knows that the person\ndetained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer, inmate, probationer, parolee,\njuvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or posttrial offender is in the custody\nof a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency or under the jurisdiction\nof a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, the Department of\nCorrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention\nhome as defined in § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as\ndefined in § 16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency,\nor a pretrial services agency; and carnally knows, without the use of force,\nthreat, or intimidation, (i) an inmate who has been committed to jail or\nconvicted and sentenced to confinement in a state or local correctional facility\nor regional jail or (ii) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement\nofficer, probationer, parolee, juvenile detainee, or pretrial defendant or\nposttrial offender in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement\nagency or under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, the\nDepartment of Juvenile Justice, a secure facility or detention home as defined\nin § 16.1-228, a state or local court services unit as defined in §\n16.1-235, a local community-based probation services agency, a pretrial services\nagency, a local or regional jail for the purposes of imprisonment, a work\nprogram, or any other parole\/probationary or pretrial services program or\nagency. Such offense is a Class 6 felony.\n\t\t\tAn accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a pretrial defendant or posttrial\noffender if he (a) is an owner or employee of the bail bond company that posted\nthe pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond; (b) has the\nauthority to revoke the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s\nbond; and (c) carnally knows, without use of force, threat, or intimidation, a\npretrial defendant or posttrial offender. Such offense is a Class 6 felony.\n\t\t\tAn accused is guilty of carnal knowledge of a person serving as a\nconfidential informant if he (1) is a law-enforcement officer; (2) knows that\nsuch person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement\nagency where such officer is employed; and (3) carnally knows, without use of\nforce, threat, or intimidation, such confidential informant while such person is\nserving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in a criminal case\nfor which the confidential informant assisted the law-enforcement agency with\nits investigation. Such offense is a Class 6 felony.\n\nB. For the purposes of this section:\n\t\t\t“Carnal knowledge” includes the acts of sexual intercourse,\ncunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, and animate or inanimate\nobject sexual penetration.\n\t\t\t“Confidential informant” means any person, other than an employee\nof a law-enforcement agency, who engages in, or provides information about,\ncriminal activity for the purpose of assisting a law-enforcement agency in\ninvestigating the criminal activity of another, in exchange for a benefit, the\npromise of a benefit, or the hope or expectation thereof.\n\t\t\t“Law-enforcement officer” means the same as that term is defined\nin § 9.1-101.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 294; 2000, c. 1040; 2001, c. 385; 2007, c. 133; 2013, c. 602;\n2020, c. 479; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 26, 37; 2024, c. 592.","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}}