It is unlawful for any person or any officer, employee, or agent of any firm, association, or corporation with knowledge of, or good reason to believe, the immoral purpose of such visit, to take or transport or assist in taking or transporting, or offer to take or transport on foot or in any way, any person to a place, whether within or outside any building or structure, used or to be used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or prostitution within the Commonwealth or to procure or assist in procuring for the purpose of illicit sexual intercourse, anal intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anilingus or any act violative of § 18.2-361, or touching of the unclothed genitals or anus of another person with the intent to sexually arouse or gratify, or to give any information or direction to any person with intent to enable such person to commit an act of prostitution. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. However, any adult who violates this section with a person under the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
Code 1950, § 18.1-197; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1980, c. 534; 2014, c. 794; 2019, c. 617; 2020, c. 595.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2024 · leading case:
Huffman v. Commonwealth, 284 S.E.2d 837 (Va. 1981).
Huffman v. Commonwealth, 284 S.E.2d 837 (Va. 1981).
· cites it 2× “There, we sustained a conviction for procuring for the purposes of prostitution in violation of Code § 18.2-348, saying: We have repeatedly held that, when the criminal design originates in the mind of the accused and, thereafter, the Commonwealth does no more than afford an…”
Cogdill v. Commonwealth, 247 S.E.2d 392 (Va. 1978).
· cites it 2× “Lee Cogdill guilty of the misdemeanor of procuring for the purpose of prostitution, Code § 18.2-348, and assessing a fine of $500.”
Edwards v. Commonwealth, 243 S.E.2d 834 (Va. 1978).
· cites it 2× “The warrant charges a violation of § 18.2-348, which provides: “Aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse.”
Bruce Irving Fine v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 525 S.E.2d 69 (Va. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 4× “Code § 18.2-348 defines the offense of “aiding prostitution” as follows: It shall be unlawful for any person or any officer, employee or agent of any firm, association or corporation, with knowledge of, or good reason to believe, the immoral purpose of such visit, to take or…”
Rooney v. Commonwealth, 500 S.E.2d 830 (Va. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 2× “2-232 (imposing liability for criminal misrepresentation upon “[a]ny person, firm, association or corporation or officer, agent or employee thereof”) (emphasis added); Code § 18.2-348 (proscribing “[a]ny person or any officer, employee or agent of any firm, association or…”
Bakran v. Commonwealth, 700 S.E.2d 471 (Va. Ct. App. 2010).
· cites it 2× ““Aiding prostitution” is defined in Code § 18.2-348 as follows: It shall be unlawful for any person or any officer, employee or agent of any firm, association or corporation, with knowledge of, or good reason to believe, the immoral purpose of such visit, to take or transport or…”
Brian Leland Artis v. Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 1703232 (Va. Ct. App. Nov. 6, 2024).
· cites it 8× “Aiding the Prostitution of a Minor Code § 18.2-348, referred to as aiding prostitution, provides in pertinent part that it is “unlawful for any person .”
Cogdill v. First Dist. Comm., 269 S.E.2d 391 (Va. 1980).
· cites it 4× “2d 392 (1978), we affirmed Cogdill's conviction under Code § 18.2-348 of procuring Mary Katherine Burns for the purpose of prostitution.”
Antwone Linn Jackson v. Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 0385111 (Va. Ct. App. July 10, 2012).
· cites it 2× “2-357, 4 defined as “‘knowingly receiv[ing] money or other valuable thing from the earnings of any female engaged in prostitution, except to a consideration deemed good and 4 Edwards also was charged with aiding prostitution in violation of Code § 18.”
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