CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONAL TRESPASS BY COMPUTER; PENALTY (§ 18.2-152.7)

A. A person is guilty of the crime of personal trespass by computer when he uses
a computer or computer network to cause physical injury to an individual.

B. If committed maliciously, the crime of personal trespass by computer shall be
punishable as a Class 3 felony. If such act is done unlawfully but not
maliciously, the crime of personal trespass by computer shall be punishable as a
Class 6 felony.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 751; 1985, c. 322; 2003, cc. 987, 1016; 2005, cc. 746, 761,
827.