                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF A PERSON&#8217;S IDENTITY WITH THE INTENT TO COERCE, INTIMIDATE, OR
HARASS; PENALTY (§ 18.2-186.4)

It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or
harass another person, to publish the person&#8217;s name or photograph along
with identifying information as defined in clauses (iii) through (ix), or clause
(xii) of subsection C of § 18.2-186.3, or identification of the person&#8217;s
primary residence address. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
Class 1 misdemeanor.
		Any person who violates this section knowing or having reason to know that
person is a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, or an active or
retired federal or Virginia justice, judge, or magistrate is guilty of a Class 6
felony. The sentence shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of
six months.

HISTORY: 2001, cc. 775, 782; 2007, c. 736; 2010, c. 767; 2023, cc. 801, 802.