                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMERCIAL SEX TRAFFICKING; PENALTIES (§ 18.2-357.1)

A. Any person who, with the intent to receive money or other valuable thing or
to assist another in receiving money or other valuable thing from the earnings
of a person from prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse in violation of
&#xA7; 18.2-346, solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes or
attempts to cause a person to violate &#xA7; 18.2-346 is guilty of a Class 5
felony.

B. Any person who violates subsection A through the use of force, intimidation,
or deception is guilty of a Class 4 felony.

C. Any adult who violates subsection A with a person under 18 years of age is
guilty of a Class 3 felony.

D. Each violation of this section constitutes a separate and distinct felony.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 690, 691; 2019, c. 617; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.