CODE OF VIRGINIA

COVERING A SECURITY CAMERA IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; PENALTY (§ 18.2-473.2)

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

B. Any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or
otherwise obscures a security camera 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.

C. Any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or
otherwise obscures a security camera with the intent of inhibiting or preventing
a security camera from recording or transmitting a photograph, motion picture,
or other digital image of the commission of a felony is guilty of a Class 6
felony.

HISTORY: 2022, cc. 673, 674.