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2010 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-427 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-427. Use of profane, threatening, or indecent language over public airways or by other methods.
If any person shall use Any person who uses
obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make
makes any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten
threatens any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate,
or harass any person, over any telephone or citizens band radio, in this
Commonwealth, he shall be is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
"Over any telephone" includes, for purposes of this section, any electronically transmitted message that is received or transmitted by telephone.