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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72244</law_id><section_number>18.2-386</section_number><catch_line>Showing previews of certain motion pictures</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="5">Obscenity and Related Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit any trailer or preview of any <span class="dictionary">motion</span> picture which has a <span class="dictionary">motion</span> picture industry rating which would not permit persons in the audience viewing the feature <span class="dictionary">motion</span> picture to see the complete <span class="dictionary">motion</span> picture from which the trailer or preview is taken. Persons violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-246.1; 1970, c. 504; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
