{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-152.5-1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-152.5:1","heading":"Using a computer to gather identifying information; penalties","body":"A. It is unlawful for any person, other than a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, and acting in the performance of his official duties, to use a computer to obtain, access, or record, through the use of material artifice, trickery or deception, any identifying information, as defined in clauses (iii) through (xiii) of subsection C of § 18.2-186.3. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 6 felony.B. Any person who violates this section and sells or distributes such information to another is guilty of a Class 5 felony.C. Any person who violates this section and uses such information in the commission of another crime is guilty of a Class 5 felony.2005, cc. 747, 760, 761, 827, 837.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 5. CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY","Article 7.1. COMPUTER CRIMES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-152.5:1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"58df3b4074bee08e7c70749b50814e28693d90a6e8ea070ae67cde732e90f00a","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-152.5","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-152.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}