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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-373 (2026)

Obscene items enumerated

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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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1984–2009 · leading case: Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle, 517 F.3d 738 (5th Cir. 2008).
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Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle, 517 F.3d 738 (5th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “[10] Va.Code Ann. § 18.2-373. [11] PHE, Inc. v.”
Mason v. Commonwealth, 636 S.E.2d 480 (Va. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “’ Code § 18.2-373 provides that ‘[ojbscene items’ shall include ‘[a]ny obscene magazine.”
State v. Smith, 373 S.E.2d 435 (N.C. 1988). · cites it 2× “" Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-373 (1988). Also, like our statute, the Virginia provision lists singular nouns in its definition of "obscene items": "book," "magazine," "picture," et al.”
Educ. Books, Inc. v. Commonwealth, 323 S.E.2d 84 (Va. 1984). · cites it 2× “” Code § 18.2-373 provides that “[ojbscene items” shall include “[a]ny obscene .”
Williams v. Pryor, 41 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (N.D. Ala. 1999). “§ 16-12-80 , Kansas, see Kan.St. Ann. § 21-4301, Louisiana, see La.”
Fullwood v. Commonwealth, 676 S.E.2d 348 (Va. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “” Code § 18.2-373 provides that “[ojbscene items” shall include “[a]ny obscene .”
Commonwealth v. Simone, 63 Va. Cir. 216 (Portsmouth Cir. Ct. 2003). · cites it 5× “” The Court also noted that Va. Code § 18.2-373 provides that “obscene items” shall include “any obscene .”
Reliable Consultants, Inc. v. Earle, 538 F.3d 355 (5th Cir. 2008). “10 Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-373 . 11 PHE, Inc. v.”
Kevin Lamont Newby v. Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 0250081 (Va. Ct. App. May 19, 2009). “2-374, Code of Virginia, knowingly prepare for the purpose of sale or distribution, or print, copy, manufacture, produce or reproduce for purposes of sale or distribution an obscene item as defined in § 18.2-373.” Appellant contends on appeal a fatal variance existed between the…”
Robert Joseph Slavek v. Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 2452001 (Va. Ct. App. Oct. 9, 2001). “' Code § 18.2-373 provides that '[o]bscene items' shall include '[a]ny obscene .”
Commonwealth v. Rodriguez, 40 Va. Cir. 248 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1996). “, § 18.2-373, Code of Virginia. In the instant case, the defendant displayed an obscene item to children, albeit containing a depiction of both him and his wife.”
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