{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-346.01","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-346.01","heading":"Prostitution; solicitation; commercial exploitation of a minor; penalties","body":"Any person who offers money or its equivalent to another for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts enumerated in § 18.2-346 and thereafter does any substantial act in furtherance thereof is guilty of solicitation of prostitution, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, any person who solicits prostitution from a minor (i) 16 years of age or older is guilty of a Class 6 felony or (ii) younger than 16 years of age is guilty of a Class 5 felony.2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.","path":["Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally","Chapter 8. Crimes Involving Morals and Decency","Article 3. Commercial Sex Trafficking, Prostitution, etc"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-346.01/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"723d9e5c4ea1a5261dc4820bd664deb0b0118b91d58bb9fc8c5d521e57d8497a","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-346","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-346.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}