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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76153</law_id><section_number>18.2-366</section_number><catch_line>Sexual intercourse by persons forbidden to marry; incest; penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-241</reference><reference>16.1-272</reference><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>18.2-370.2</reference><reference>18.2-61.1</reference><reference>18.2-67.5:2</reference><reference>18.2-67.8</reference><reference>19.2-268.2</reference><reference>19.2-268.3</reference><reference>19.2-271.2</reference><reference>19.2-299</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>20-124.1</reference><reference>20-49.1</reference><reference>22.1-289.041</reference><reference>63.2-1202</reference><reference>63.2-1222</reference><reference>63.2-1233</reference><reference>63.2-1530</reference><reference>63.2-903</reference><reference>9.1-902</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="8">Crimes Involving Morals and Decency</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Family Offenses; Crimes Against Children, etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who engages in sexual intercourse with any person whom he is forbidden by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to marry is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> except as provided by subsection B. <a id="paragraph-273347" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-366/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who engages in sexual intercourse with his daughter or granddaughter, son or grandson, or father or mother is guilty of a Class 5 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. However, if a parent or grandparent engages in sexual intercourse with his child or grandchild, and such child or grandchild is at least 13 years of age but less than 18 years of age at the time of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, such parent or grandparent is guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-273348" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-366/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For the purposes of this section, parent includes stepparent, grandparent includes step-grandparent, child includes a stepchild, and grandchild includes a step-grandchild. <a id="paragraph-273349" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-366/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-191; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1981, c. 397; 1993, c. 703; 2014, c. 542; 2020, cc. 122, 900.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
