{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/32.1-303.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/32.1-303.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/32.1-303.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/32.1-303.html"}],"law_id":59786,"edition_id":1,"section_id":59786,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-303","catch_line":"Penalty for trafficking in bodies","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 32-361; 1976, c. 222; 1979, c. 711.","full_text":"Except as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 32.1-299 and 32.1-302, if any person sell or buy any dead human body, or in any way traffic in the same, or transmit or convey, or procure in order to be transmitted or conveyed, any such body for the purpose of trafficking in the same to any place outside of this Commonwealth, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":218960,"text":"Except as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 32.1-299 and 32.1-302, if any person sell or buy any dead human body, or in any way traffic in the same, or transmit or convey, or procure in order to be transmitted or conveyed, any such body for the purpose of trafficking in the same to any place outside of this Commonwealth, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15643,"edition_id":1,"name":"Use of Dead Human Bodies for Scientific Study","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13612,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:57:18","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:57:18","permalink":{"id":204641,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15643,"identifier":"3","token":"32.1\/8\/3","url":"\/32.1\/8\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13612,"edition_id":1,"name":"Postmortem Examinations and Services","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12727,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:23","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:23","permalink":{"id":204383,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13612,"identifier":"8","token":"32.1\/8","url":"\/32.1\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12727,"edition_id":1,"name":"Health","identifier":"32.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":201099,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12727,"identifier":"32.1","token":"32.1","url":"\/32.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":80997,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-298","catch_line":"Notification of Commissioner and delivery of bodies","url":"\/32.1-298\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-298","metadata":false},{"id":67206,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-299","catch_line":"Distribution of bodies","url":"\/32.1-299\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-299","metadata":false},{"id":79826,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-300","catch_line":"Records of bodies distributed","url":"\/32.1-300\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-300","metadata":false},{"id":68947,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-301","catch_line":"Burial, cremation, or return of bodies after scientific study","url":"\/32.1-301\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-301","metadata":false},{"id":83337,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-302","catch_line":"Importation of anatomical material","url":"\/32.1-302\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-302","metadata":false},{"id":59786,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-303","catch_line":"Penalty for trafficking in bodies","url":"\/32.1-303\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-303","metadata":false},{"id":82278,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-304","catch_line":"General penalty for violation","url":"\/32.1-304\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-304","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":83337,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-302","catch_line":"Importation of anatomical material","url":"\/32.1-302\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-302","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":82278,"structure_id":15643,"section_number":"32.1-304","catch_line":"General penalty for violation","url":"\/32.1-304\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-304","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/32.1-303\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1976, chapter 222; in 1979, chapter 711.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67206,"section_number":"32.1-299","catch_line":"Distribution of bodies","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-299\/"},{"id":83337,"section_number":"32.1-302","catch_line":"Importation of anatomical material","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-302\/"}],"permalink":{"id":204663,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59786,"identifier":"32.1-303","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-303","url":"\/32.1-303\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-303\/","token":"32.1\/8\/3\/32.1-303","dublin_core":{"Title":"Penalty for trafficking in bodies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Except as provided in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Distribution of bodies\" href=\"\/32.1-299\/\">32.1-299<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Importation of anatomical material\" href=\"\/32.1-302\/\">32.1-302<\/a>, if any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> sell or buy any dead human body, or in any way traffic in the same, or transmit or convey, or procure in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to be transmitted or conveyed, any such body for the purpose of trafficking in the same to any place outside of this Commonwealth, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING IN BODIES (\u00a7 32.1-303)\n\nExcept as provided in \u00a7\u00a7 32.1-299 and 32.1-302, if any person sell or buy any\ndead human body, or in any way traffic in the same, or transmit or convey, or\nprocure in order to be transmitted or conveyed, any such body for the purpose of\ntrafficking in the same to any place outside of this Commonwealth, he shall be\nguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-361; 1976, c. 222; 1979, c. 711.","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}}