Virginia statute
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-370.4 — Sex offenses prohibiting working on school property; penalty
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 4: Family Offenses; Crimes Against Children, Etc, Code of Virginia.
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Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-370.4
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.
A. Every adult who has been convicted of an offense occurring on or after July 1, 2006, where the offender is more than three years older than the victim, of one of the following qualifying offenses: (i) clause (iii) of subsection A of § 18.2-61 , (ii) subdivision A 1 of § 18.2-67.1 , (iii) subdivision A 1 of § 18.2-67.2 , or (iv) any similar offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof, shall be forever prohibited from working or engaging in any volunteer activity on property he knows or has reason to know is a public or private elementary or secondary school or child day center property. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The provisions of this section shall only apply if the qualifying offense was done in the commission of, or as a part of the same course of conduct of, or as part of a common scheme or plan as a violation of (a) subsection A of § 18.2-47 or 18.2-48 ; (b) § 18.2-89 , 18.2-90 , or 18.2-91 ; (c) § 18.2-51.2 ; or (d) any similar offense under the laws of any foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, or the United States or any political subdivision thereof.
B. An employer of a person who violates this section, or any person who procures volunteer activity by a person who violates this section, and the school or child day center where the violation of this section occurred, are immune from civil liability unless they had actual knowledge that such person had been convicted of an offense listed in subsection A.
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Is sex offenses prohibiting working on school property a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?
Sex offenses prohibiting working on school property is a class 6 felony in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-370.4.
Which Virginia statute covers sex offenses prohibiting working on school property?
Sex offenses prohibiting working on school property is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-370.4 (Sex offenses prohibiting working on school property; penalty).
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