{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-373","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-373","heading":"Obscene items enumerated","body":"Obscene items shall include:(1) Any obscene book;(2) Any obscene leaflet, pamphlet, magazine, booklet, picture, painting, bumper sticker, drawing, photograph, film, negative, slide, motion picture, videotape recording;(3) Any obscene figure, object, article, instrument, novelty device, or recording or transcription used or intended to be used in disseminating any obscene song, ballad, words, or sounds; or(4) Any obscene writing, picture or similar visual representation, or sound recording, stored in an electronic or other medium retrievable in a perceivable form.Code 1950, § 18.1-229; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1981, c. 293; 1989, c. 546; 2000, c. 1009.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 8. CRIMES INVOLVING MORALS AND DECENCY","Article 5. OBSCENITY AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-373/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"fa1f85a5cac31fccc2b2bb2388703833a8195c8c884f0199ae0b1a0ec96389d8","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-372","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-374"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}