Section 18.2-357.1 - Commercial sex trafficking; penaltiesA. 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 § 18.2-346, solicits, invites, recruits, encourages, or otherwise causes or attempts to cause a person to violate § 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. 2015, cc. 690, 691; 2019, c. 617; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.Amended by Acts 2021SP1 c. 188,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2019 c. 617, § 1, eff. 7/1/2019.Added by Acts 2015 c. 691, § 1, eff. 7/1/2015.Added by Acts 2015 c. 690, § 1, eff. 7/1/2015.