{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-63","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-63","heading":"Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age","body":"A. If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age, such person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.B. If any person carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age who consents to sexual intercourse and the accused is a minor and such consenting child is three years or more the accused's junior, the accused shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. If such consenting child is less than three years the accused's junior, the accused shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.In calculating whether such child is three years or more a junior of the accused minor, the actual dates of birth of the child and the accused, respectively, shall be used.C. For the purposes of this section, (i) a child under the age of thirteen years shall not be considered a consenting child and (ii) \"carnal knowledge\" includes the acts of sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, and animate and inanimate object sexual penetration.Code 1950, § 18.1-44; 1960, c. 358; 1972, c. 394; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 606; 1981, c. 397; 1993, c. 852; 2007, c. 718.","path":["Title 18.2. CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY","Chapter 4. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON","Article 7. CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-63/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"e1a36e54e6ed907d07af431b26947e7f07aea9ca9820a48588c40876ec1591d4","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-62","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-63.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}