Criminal Sexual Assault

This is the 2025 edition of the code. There is not the current edition. Browse all editions.

This is Article 7 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Criminal Sexual Assault.” It is part of Chapter 4 “Crimes Against the Person”, which is part of Title 18.2 “Crimes and Offenses Generally”.

It’s comprised of the following 30 sections.

§ 18.2-61	Rape
§ 18.2-61.1	Testing of certain persons for sexually transmitted infections
§ 18.2-62	Repealed
§ 18.2-63	Carnal knowledge of child between thirteen and fifteen years of age
§ 18.2-63.1	Death of victim
§ 18.2-64	Repealed
§ 18.2-64.1	Carnal knowledge of certain minors
§ 18.2-64.2	Carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, or confidential informant; penalty
§ 18.2-65	Repealed
§ 18.2-66	Repealed
§ 18.2-67	Depositions of complaining witnesses in cases of criminal sexual assault and attempted criminal sexual assault
§ 18.2-67.01	Not in effect
§ 18.2-67.1	Forcible sodomy
§ 18.2-67.10	General definitions
§ 18.2-67.2	Object sexual penetration; penalty
§ 18.2-67.2:1	Repealed
§ 18.2-67.3	Aggravated sexual battery; penalty
§ 18.2-67.4	Sexual battery
§ 18.2-67.4:1	Infected sexual battery; penalty
§ 18.2-67.4:2	Sexual abuse of a child under 15 years of age; penalty
§ 18.2-67.5	Attempted rape, forcible sodomy, object sexual penetration, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual battery
§ 18.2-67.5:1	Punishment upon conviction of third misdemeanor offense
§ 18.2-67.5:2	Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent felony sexual assault
§ 18.2-67.5:3	Punishment upon conviction of certain subsequent violent felony sexual assault
§ 18.2-67.6	Proof of physical resistance not required
§ 18.2-67.7	Admission of evidence (Supreme Court Rule 2:412 derived from this section)
§ 18.2-67.7:1	Evidence of similar crimes in child sexual offense cases (Supreme Court Rule 2:413 derived from this section)
§ 18.2-67.8	Closed preliminary hearings
§ 18.2-67.9	Testimony by child victims and witnesses using two-way closed-circuit television or other securely encrypted two-way audio and video technology
§ 18.2-67.9:1	Use of a certified facility dog for testimony in a criminal proceeding