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2015 SESSION
15103224DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-365 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-365. Adultery defined; penalty.
Any person, being married, who voluntarily shall have has
sexual intercourse with any person not his or her spouse shall be is guilty of adultery, punishable as a Class 4 misdemeanor and subject to a civil
penalty of not more than $250. Any
attorney for the Commonwealth of the county or city in which an alleged
violation occurred may bring an action to recover the civil penalty and the
proceeds shall be deposited into the Literary Fund. Any law-enforcement officer
may issue a summons for a violation of this section.