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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57731</law_id><section_number>18.2-67.5</section_number><catch_line>Attempted rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual battery</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-272</reference><reference>16.1-309.1</reference><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>18.2-67.5:1</reference><reference>19.2-11.01</reference><reference>19.2-299</reference><reference>19.2-310.2</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>19.2-8</reference><reference>2.2-515.2</reference><reference>22.1-289.041</reference><reference>24.2-233</reference><reference>53.1-40.02</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="7">Criminal Sexual Assault</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An attempt to commit <span class="dictionary">rape</span>, forcible sodomy, or inanimate or animate <span class="dictionary">object</span> sexual penetration shall be punishable as a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-211456" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-67.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An attempt to commit aggravated sexual <span class="dictionary">battery</span> shall be a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> punishable as a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-211457" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-67.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> An attempt to commit sexual <span class="dictionary">battery</span> is a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-211458" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-67.5/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1981, c. 397; 1993, c. 549.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
