                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

THREATENING, ATTEMPTING, OR ASSISTING IN SUCH ABDUCTION; PENALTY (§ 18.2-49)

Any person who (1) threatens, or attempts, to abduct any other person with
intent to extort money, or pecuniary benefit; (2) assists or aids in the
abduction of, or threatens to abduct, any person with the intent to defile such
person; or (3) assists or aids in the abduction of, or threatens to abduct, any
child under 16 years of age for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution is
guilty of a Class 5 felony.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-39; 1960, c. 358; 1966, c. 214; 1975, cc. 14, 15;
2020, c. 900.