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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56536</law_id><section_number>18.2-248.02</section_number><catch_line>Allowing a minor or incapacitated person to be present during manufacture or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine or fentanyl prohibited; penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-303.01</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Drugs</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person 18 years of age or older who knowingly allows (i) a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> under the age of 15, (ii) a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> 15 years of age or older with whom he maintains a custodial relationship, including but not limited to as a parent, step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, or who stands in loco parentis with respect to such <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, or (iii) a mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person of any age, to be present in the same dwelling, apartment as defined by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/55.1-2000/">55.1-2000</a>, unit of a hotel as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/35.1-1/">35.1-1</a>, garage, shed, or vehicle during the manufacture or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine as prohibited by subsection C1 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties" href="/18.2-248/">18.2-248</a> or any substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, including its derivatives, isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, is guilty of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> punishable by imprisonment for not less than 10 nor more than 40 years. This <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> shall be in addition to and served consecutively with any other sentence.</p></section></text><history>2005, cc. 923, 941; 2013, c. 743; 2024, c. 371.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
