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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80691</law_id><section_number>18.2-390</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-926.2</reference><reference>18.2-374.1</reference><reference>2.2-2827</reference><reference>22.1-70.2</reference><reference>40.1-100.2</reference><reference>42.1-36.1</reference><reference>8.01-40.5</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="6">Prohibited Sales and Loans to Juveniles</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Juvenile</span>&#x201D; means a person less than 18 years of age. <a id="paragraph-289266" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-390/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Nudity</span>&#x201D; means a state of undress so as to expose the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a full opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered or uncovered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. <a id="paragraph-289267" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-390/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sexual conduct</span>&#x201D; means actual or explicitly simulated acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, or physical contact in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification with a person&#x2019;s clothed or unclothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such be female, breast. <a id="paragraph-289268" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-390/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sexual excitement</span>&#x201D; means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal. <a id="paragraph-289269" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-390/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sadomasochistic abuse</span>&#x201D; means actual or explicitly simulated flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume, or the condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained on the part of one so clothed. <a id="paragraph-289270" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-390/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Harmful to juveniles</span>&#x201D; means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of <span class="dictionary">nudity</span>, <span class="dictionary">sexual conduct</span>, <span class="dictionary">sexual excitement</span>, or <span class="dictionary">sadomasochistic abuse</span>, when it (a) predominantly <span class="dictionary">appeals</span> to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of juveniles, (b) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable <span class="dictionary">material</span> for juveniles, and (c) is, when taken as a whole, lacking in serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value for juveniles. <a id="paragraph-289271" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-390/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="7"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Knowingly</span>&#x201D; means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry of both (a) the character and content of any <span class="dictionary">material</span> described herein which is reasonably susceptible of examination by the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>, and (b) the age of the <span class="dictionary">juvenile</span>, provided however, that an honest mistake shall constitute an excuse from liability hereunder if the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such <span class="dictionary">juvenile</span>. <a id="paragraph-289272" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-390/#7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="8"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Video or computer game</span>&#x201D; means an <span class="dictionary">object</span> or device that stores recorded data or instructions, receives data or instructions generated by a person who uses it, and, by processing the data or instructions, creates an interactive game capable of being played, viewed, or experienced on or through a computer, television gaming system, console, or other technology. <a id="paragraph-289273" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-390/#8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-236.6; 1970, c. 560; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 492; 1976, c. 504; 2006, c. 463; 2023, c. 811.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
