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(iii) an inmate who has been committed to jail or convicted and sentenced to confinement in a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, and the accused is an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, the state or local correctional facility or regional jail; is in a position of authority over the inmate; and knows that the inmate is under the jurisdiction of the state or local correctional facility or regional jail; (iv) a probationer, parolee, or a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, 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 or agency and the accused is an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, the Department of Corrections, a local community-based probation services agency, a pretrial services agency or a local or regional jail; is in a position of authority over an offender; and knows that the offender is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, a local community-based probation services agency, a pretrial services agency or a local or regional jail; (v) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer and the accused is a law-enforcement officer; is in a position of authority over the person detained or arrested; and knows that the person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer is in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency; (vi) a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender and the accused is an owner or employee of the bail company that posted the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond and has the authority to revoke the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond; or (vii) a person serving as a confidential informant and the accused is a law-enforcement officer; knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and such person is serving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which he assisted the law-enforcement agency with its investigation.B\n\nSexual battery is a Class 1 misdemeanor.C\n\nFor the purposes of this section, “confidential informant” means the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-64.2.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":245237,"text":"An accused is guilty of sexual battery if he sexually abuses, as defined in § 18.2-67.10, (i) the complaining witness against the will of the complaining witness, by force, threat, intimidation, or ruse; (ii) within a two-year period, more than one complaining witness or one complaining witness on more than one occasion intentionally and without the consent of the complaining witness; (iii) an inmate who has been committed to jail or convicted and sentenced to confinement in a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, and the accused is an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, the state or local correctional facility or regional jail; is in a position of authority over the inmate; and knows that the inmate is under the jurisdiction of the state or local correctional facility or regional jail; (iv) a probationer, parolee, or a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, 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 or agency and the accused is an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, the Department of Corrections, a local community-based probation services agency, a pretrial services agency or a local or regional jail; is in a position of authority over an offender; and knows that the offender is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, a local community-based probation services agency, a pretrial services agency or a local or regional jail; (v) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer and the accused is a law-enforcement officer; is in a position of authority over the person detained or arrested; and knows that the person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer is in the custody of a private, local, or state law-enforcement agency; (vi) a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender and the accused is an owner or employee of the bail company that posted the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond and has the authority to revoke the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond; or (vii) a person serving as a confidential informant and the accused is a law-enforcement officer; knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and such person is serving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which he assisted the law-enforcement agency with its investigation.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":245238,"text":"Sexual battery is a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":245239,"text":"For the purposes of this section, “confidential informant” means the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-64.2.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13101,"edition_id":1,"name":"Criminal Sexual Assault","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13100,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":165125,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13101,"identifier":"7","token":"18.2\/4\/7","url":"\/18.2\/4\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13100,"edition_id":1,"name":"Crimes Against the Person","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12972,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":164763,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13100,"identifier":"4","token":"18.2\/4","url":"\/18.2\/4\/","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":75662,"structure_id":13101,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","url":"\/18.2-61\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-61","metadata":false},{"id":78807,"structure_id":13101,"section_number":"18.2-61.1","catch_line":"Testing of certain persons for sexually transmitted infections","url":"\/18.2-61.1\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-61.1","metadata":false},{"id":67245,"structure_id":13101,"section_number":"18.2-62","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/18.2-62\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-62","metadata":false},{"id":76651,"structure_id":13101,"section_number":"18.2-63","catch_line":"Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age","url":"\/18.2-63\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-63","metadata":false},{"id":54142,"structure_id":13101,"section_number":"18.2-63.1","catch_line":"Death of victim","url":"\/18.2-63.1\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-63.1","metadata":false},{"id":61006,"structure_id":13101,"section_number":"18.2-64","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/18.2-64\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-64","metadata":false},{"id":67558,"structure_id":13101,"section_number":"18.2-64.1","catch_line":"Carnal knowledge of certain minors","url":"\/18.2-64.1\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-64.1","metadata":false},{"id":77968,"structure_id":13101,"section_number":"18.2-64.2","catch_line":"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; 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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 397 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. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1997, chapter 643<\/a>; in 1999, chapter 294<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 832<\/a> and 1040<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 284<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 133<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 656<\/a>; in 2024, chapter 592<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78495,"section_number":"15.2-1705","catch_line":"Minimum qualifications; waiver","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1705\/"},{"id":65694,"section_number":"15.2-1707","catch_line":"Decertification of law-enforcement officers and jail officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1707\/"},{"id":63770,"section_number":"16.1-309.1","catch_line":"Exception as to confidentiality","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-309.1\/"},{"id":68420,"section_number":"16.1-69.55","catch_line":"Retention of case records; limitations on enforcement of judgments; extensions","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-69.55\/"},{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"id":73718,"section_number":"18.2-67.5:1","catch_line":"Punishment upon conviction of third misdemeanor offense","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.5_1\/"},{"id":56192,"section_number":"19.2-11.01","catch_line":"Crime victim and witness rights","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-11.01\/"},{"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":74432,"section_number":"19.2-303.1","catch_line":"Fixing period of suspension of sentence","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-303.1\/"},{"id":72639,"section_number":"19.2-310.2","catch_line":"Blood, saliva, or tissue sample required for DNA analysis upon conviction of certain crimes; fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-310.2\/"},{"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\/"},{"id":63732,"section_number":"2.2-515.2","catch_line":"Address confidentiality program established; victims of domestic violence, stalking, child abduction, sexual violence, or human trafficking; application; disclosure of records","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-515.2\/"},{"id":69635,"section_number":"24.2-233","catch_line":"Removal of elected and certain appointed officers by courts","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-233\/"},{"id":68891,"section_number":"40.1-28.01","catch_line":"Nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement; provisions regarding sexual assault or sexual harassment; condition of employment","order_by":null,"url":"\/40.1-28.01\/"},{"id":59659,"section_number":"63.2-1530","catch_line":"Virginia Child Protection Accountability System","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1530\/"},{"id":67062,"section_number":"65.2-301","catch_line":"Victims of sexual assault","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-301\/"},{"id":80819,"section_number":"9.1-902","catch_line":"Offenses requiring registration","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-902\/"},{"id":69509,"section_number":"9.1-923","catch_line":"Supplement to the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry established","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-923\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":77968,"section_number":"18.2-64.2","catch_line":"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","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-64.2\/"},{"id":77985,"section_number":"18.2-67.10","catch_line":"General definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.10\/"}],"permalink":{"id":165195,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67699,"identifier":"18.2-67.4","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-67.4","url":"\/18.2-67.4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-67.4\/","token":"18.2\/4\/7\/18.2-67.4","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sexual battery","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-67.4","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> An accused<\/span> is guilty of sexual battery<\/span> if he sexually abuses, as defined in § 18.2-67.10<\/a>, (i) the complaining witness<\/span> against the will of the complaining witness<\/span>, by force, threat, intimidation, or ruse; (ii) within a two-year period, more than one complaining witness<\/span> or one complaining witness<\/span> on more than one occasion intentionally and without the consent of the complaining witness<\/span>; (iii) an inmate who has been committed to jail or convicted and sentenced to confinement in a state or local correctional facility or regional jail, and the accused<\/span> is an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, the state or local correctional facility or regional jail; is in a position of authority over the inmate; and knows that the inmate is under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the state or local correctional facility or regional jail; (iv) a probationer, parolee, or a pretrial defendant<\/span> or posttrial offender under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Department of Corrections, 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> or agency and the accused<\/span> is an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer with, the Department of Corrections, a local community-based probation<\/span> services agency, a pretrial services<\/span> agency or a local or regional jail; is in a position of authority over an offender; and knows that the offender is under the jurisdiction<\/span> of the Department of Corrections, a local community-based probation<\/span> services agency, a pretrial services<\/span> agency or a local or regional jail; (v) a person detained or arrested by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer and the accused<\/span> is a law<\/span>-enforcement officer; is in a position of authority over the person detained or arrested; and knows that the person detained or arrested by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer is in the custody<\/span> of a private, local, or state law<\/span>-enforcement agency; (vi) a pretrial defendant<\/span> or posttrial offender and the accused<\/span> is an owner or employee of the bail<\/span> company that posted the pretrial defendant<\/span>’s or posttrial offender’s bond<\/span> and has the authority to revoke the pretrial defendant<\/span>’s or posttrial offender’s bond<\/span>; or (vii) a person serving as a confidential informant<\/span> and the accused<\/span> is a law<\/span>-enforcement officer; knows that such person is serving as a confidential informant<\/span> for the law<\/span>-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and such person is serving as a confidential informant<\/span> or is expected to testify in a criminal case for which he assisted the law<\/span>-enforcement agency with its investigation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Sexual battery<\/span> is a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> For the purposes of this section, “confidential informant<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-64.2<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEXUAL BATTERY (\u00a7 18.2-67.4)\n\nA. An accused is guilty of sexual battery if he sexually abuses, as defined in\n§ 18.2-67.10, (i) the complaining witness against the will of the\ncomplaining witness, by force, threat, intimidation, or ruse; (ii) within a\ntwo-year period, more than one complaining witness or one complaining witness on\nmore than one occasion intentionally and without the consent of the complaining\nwitness; (iii) an inmate who has been committed to jail or convicted and\nsentenced to confinement in a state or local correctional facility or regional\njail, and the accused is an employee or contractual employee of, or a volunteer\nwith, the state or local correctional facility or regional jail; is in a\nposition of authority over the inmate; and knows that the inmate is under the\njurisdiction of the state or local correctional facility or regional jail; (iv)\na probationer, parolee, or a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender under the\njurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, a local community-based probation\nservices agency, a pretrial services agency, a local or regional jail for the\npurposes of imprisonment, a work program or any other parole\/probationary or\npretrial services or agency and the accused is an employee or contractual\nemployee of, or a volunteer with, the Department of Corrections, a local\ncommunity-based probation services agency, a pretrial services agency or a local\nor regional jail; is in a position of authority over an offender; and knows that\nthe offender is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections, a local\ncommunity-based probation services agency, a pretrial services agency or a local\nor regional jail; (v) a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer\nand the accused is a law-enforcement officer; is in a position of authority over\nthe person detained or arrested; and knows that the person detained or arrested\nby a law-enforcement officer is in the custody of a private, local, or state\nlaw-enforcement agency; (vi) a pretrial defendant or posttrial offender and the\naccused is an owner or employee of the bail company that posted the pretrial\ndefendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond and has the authority to\nrevoke the pretrial defendant’s or posttrial offender’s bond; or\n(vii) a person serving as a confidential informant and the accused is a\nlaw-enforcement officer; knows that such person is serving as a confidential\ninformant for the law-enforcement agency where such officer is employed; and\nsuch person is serving as a confidential informant or is expected to testify in\na criminal case for which he assisted the law-enforcement agency with its\ninvestigation.\n\nB. Sexual battery is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nC. For the purposes of this section, “confidential informant” means\nthe same as that term is defined in § 18.2-64.2.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 397; 1997, c. 643; 1999, c. 294; 2000, cc. 832, 1040; 2006, c.\n284; 2007, c. 133; 2014, c. 656; 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}}