Virginia § 18.2-427 Use of profane, threatening, or indecent language over public airways or by other methods

Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-427 — Use of profane, threatening, or indecent language over public airways or by other methods

Virginia § 18.2-427

Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY

Ch. 9CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND ORDER

Art. 6UNLAWFUL USE OF TELEPHONES

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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-427 (2026).

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Any person who uses obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or makes any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threatens any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, over any telephone or citizens band radio, in this Commonwealth, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

"Over any telephone" includes, for purposes of this section, any electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message that is received or transmitted by cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device.

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Any person who uses obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or makes any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threatens any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, over any telephone or citizens band radio, in this Commonwealth, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

"Over any telephone" includes, for purposes of this section, any electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message that is received or transmitted by cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications device.