Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-473.1 — Communication with prisoners or committed person; penalty
Virginia § 18.2-473.1
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 10CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Art. 7ESCAPE OF, COMMUNICATIONS WITH AND DELIVERIES TO PRISONERS
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-473.1 (2026).
Text
It shall be unlawful for any person outside of any state or local correctional facility or any juvenile correctional center, other than the jailers or custodial officers in charge of the prisoners or in charge of the persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, to communicate without authority by word or sign with the intent to disrupt institutional operations with any prisoner confined within a state or local correctional facility or with any person committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice in any juvenile correctional center. Any person violating this section is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
1982, c. 636; 2000, c. 286; 2013, cc. 707, 782.
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Bluebook (online)
Virginia § 18.2-473.1, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-473.1.