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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70257</law_id><section_number>18.2-67.4:2</section_number><catch_line>Sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-69.55</reference><reference>19.2-303.1</reference><reference>19.2-310.2</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>19.2-8</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="4">Crimes Against the Person</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Criminal Sexual Assault</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any adult who, with lascivious <span class="dictionary">intent</span>, commits an act of <span class="dictionary">sexual abuse</span>, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="General definitions" href="/18.2-67.10/">18.2-67.10</a>, with any child 13 years of age or older but under 15 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>2007, c. 463.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
