Va. Code § 18.2-346.01

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 18.2-346.01 - Prostitution; solicitation; commercial exploitation of a minor; penalties

Any person who offers money or its equivalent to another for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts enumerated in § 18.2-346 and thereafter does any substantial act in furtherance thereof is guilty of solicitation of prostitution, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older is guilty of a Class 6 felony or (ii) younger than 16 years of age is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.

Added by Acts 2021SP1 c. 188,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.