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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350354</law_id><section_number>18.2-152.7:1</section_number><catch_line>Harassment by computer; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="5">Crimes Against Property</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="7.1">Computer Crimes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to coerce, intimidate, or harass any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, shall use a computer or <span class="dictionary">computer network</span> to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act, he is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>2000, c. 849; 2020, c. 1002; 2022, c. 336.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Richard Turner Moter v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1301112</case_number><citation>61 Va. App. 471</citation><date>2013-02-19</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061471/richard-turner-moter-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. KELSEY, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Cody W. Brewer v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1665182</case_number><citation></citation><date>2020-03-10</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4733874/cody-w-brewer-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Barson v. Com.</name><case_number>111406</case_number><citation>726 S.E.2d 292</citation><date>2012-06-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1057880/barson-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 726 S.E.2d 292 (2012) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Barson v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>2464091</case_number><citation>711 S.E.2d 220</citation><date>2011-07-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061920/barson-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 711 S.E.2d 220 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>United States v. Williams</name><case_number>08-5000</case_number><citation>592 F.3d 511</citation><date>2010-01-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1031286/united-states-v-williams/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 592 F.3d 511 (2010) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="5"><name>Taylor Amil Wallace v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1040211</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-03-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9387189/taylor-amil-wallace-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. VIRGINIA: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Taylor Amil Wallace v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1040211</case_number><citation></citation><date>2023-02-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9380130/taylor-amil-wallace-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Miller v. Washington Workplace, Inc.</name><case_number>CIV.03-1110-A</case_number><citation>298 F. Supp. 2d 364</citation><date>2004-01-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2564424/miller-v-washington-workplace-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 298 F.Supp.2d 364 (2004) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Taylor Amil Wallace v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1040211</case_number><citation></citation><date>2024-01-23</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9468167/taylor-amil-wallace-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Steele v. Goodman</name><case_number>Civil Action No. 3:17cv601</case_number><citation>382 F. Supp. 3d 403</citation><date>2019-03-31</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7336073/steele-v-goodman/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. M. Hannah Lauck, United States District Judge .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
