Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-152.15 — Encryption used in criminal activity
Virginia § 18.2-152.15
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 5CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY
Art. 7.1COMPUTER CRIMES
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-152.15 (2026).
Text
Any person who willfully uses encryption to further any criminal activity shall be guilty of an offense which is separate and distinct from the predicate criminal activity and punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
"Encryption" means the enciphering of intelligible data into unintelligible form or the deciphering of unintelligible data into intelligible form.
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Legislative History
1999, c. 455.
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