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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59389</law_id><section_number>18.2-48</section_number><catch_line>Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-260</reference><reference>16.1-269.1</reference><reference>17.1-275.13</reference><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>18.2-31</reference><reference>18.2-370.2</reference><reference>18.2-370.3</reference><reference>18.2-370.4</reference><reference>18.2-50.3</reference><reference>18.2-513</reference><reference>18.2-61</reference><reference>18.2-67.1</reference><reference>18.2-67.2</reference><reference>18.2-67.5:3</reference><reference>18.2-67.7</reference><reference>19.2-10.2</reference><reference>19.2-215.1</reference><reference>19.2-268.3</reference><reference>19.2-299</reference><reference>19.2-303</reference><reference>19.2-386.32</reference><reference>19.2-386.35</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>19.2-83.1</reference><reference>2.2-515.2</reference><reference>22.1-279.3:1</reference><reference>22.1-289.041</reference><reference>23.1-506</reference><reference>37.2-900</reference><reference>63.2-104.1</reference><reference>63.2-1530</reference><reference>8.01-42.4</reference><reference>9.1-902</reference><reference>9.1-923</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="4">Crimes Against the Person</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Kidnapping and Related Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Abduction (i) of any person with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to extort money or pecuniary benefit, (ii) of any person with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defile such person, (iii) of any child under sixteen years of age for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution, (iv) of any person for the purpose of prostitution, or (v) of any <span class="dictionary">minor</span> for the purpose of manufacturing child pornography shall be punishable as a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. If the sentence imposed for a violation of (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) includes a term of confinement less than life imprisonment, the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> shall impose, in addition to any active sentence, a <span class="dictionary">suspended sentence</span> of no less than 40 years. This <span class="dictionary">suspended sentence</span> shall be suspended for the remainder of the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>&#x2019;s life subject to <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-38; 1960, c. 358; 1966, c. 214; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1993, c. 317; 1997, c. 747; 2006, cc. 853, 914; 2011, c. 785.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
