{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-473.2","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-473.2","heading":"Covering a security camera in a correctional facility; penalty","body":"A. As used in this section, \"security camera\" means an analog or digital photographic or video camera or other device capable of recording or transmitting a photograph, motion picture, or other digital image that has been installed in a state or local correctional facility or any juvenile correctional center.B. Any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera without the permission of the sheriff, jail superintendent, warden, or Director of the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.C. Any person who intentionally covers, removes, damages, renders inoperable, or otherwise obscures a security camera with the intent of inhibiting or preventing a security camera from recording or transmitting a photograph, motion picture, or other digital image of the commission of a felony is guilty of a Class 6 felony.2022, cc. 673, 674.","path":["Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally","Chapter 10. Crimes Against the Administration of Justice","Article 7. Escape of, Communications with and Deliveries to Prisoners"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-473.2/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"41da89b1557587c7fabd9f35d4e6407c523c2841562e119ea5e62560a92a105f","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-473.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-474"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}