                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PEEPING OR SPYING INTO DWELLING OR OCCUPIED BUILDING BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; PENALTY (§ 18.2-130.1)

A. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and intentionally cause an
electronic device to enter the property of another to secretly or furtively peep
or spy or attempt to peep or spy into or through a window, door, or other
aperture of any building, structure, or other enclosure occupied or intended for
occupancy as a dwelling, whether or not such building, structure, or enclosure
is permanently situated or transportable and whether or not such occupancy is
permanent or temporary, or to do the same, without just cause, upon property
owned by him and leased or rented to another under circumstances that would
violate the occupant&#8217;s reasonable expectation of privacy.

B. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly and intentionally cause an
unmanned aircraft system to secretly or furtively peep or spy or attempt to peep
or spy into or through a window, door, or other aperture of any building,
structure, or other enclosure occupied or intended for occupancy as a dwelling,
whether or not such building, structure, or enclosure is permanently situated or
transportable and whether or not such occupancy is permanent or temporary,
without just cause, under circumstances that would violate the occupant&#8217;s
reasonable expectation of privacy.

C. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to a lawful criminal investigation.

HISTORY: 2017, c. 502; 2023, c. 381.