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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 392<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":351833,"section_number":"19.2-392.02","catch_line":"National criminal background checks by businesses and organizations regarding employees or volunteers providing care to children or the elderly or disabled","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.02\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":350726,"section_number":"18.2-31","catch_line":"Aggravated murder defined; punishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-31\/"},{"id":350744,"section_number":"18.2-32","catch_line":"First and second degree murder defined; punishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-32\/"},{"id":350741,"section_number":"18.2-32.1","catch_line":"Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-32.1\/"},{"id":351038,"section_number":"18.2-48","catch_line":"Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-48\/"},{"id":351087,"section_number":"18.2-51.2","catch_line":"Aggravated malicious wounding; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-51.2\/"},{"id":351125,"section_number":"18.2-58","catch_line":"Robbery; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-58\/"},{"id":351136,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-61\/"},{"id":351146,"section_number":"18.2-67.1","catch_line":"Forcible sodomy","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.1\/"},{"id":351148,"section_number":"18.2-67.2","catch_line":"Object sexual penetration; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-67.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1391961,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351071,"identifier":"18.2-50.3","token":"18.2\/4\/3\/18.2-50.3","url":"\/18.2-50.3\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-50.3\/","token":"18.2\/4\/3\/18.2-50.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enticing, etc., another into a dwelling house with intent to commit certain felonies; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-50.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who commits a violation of \u00a7 18.2-31<\/a>, 18.2-32<\/a>, 18.2-32.1<\/a>, 18.2-48<\/a>, 18.2-51.2<\/a>, 18.2-58<\/a>, 18.2-61<\/a>, 18.2-67.1<\/a>, or 18.2-67.2<\/a> within a dwelling house and who, with the intent<\/span> to commit a felony<\/span> listed in this section, enticed, solicited, requested, or otherwise caused the victim to enter such dwelling house is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. A violation of this section is a separate and distinct felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENTICING, ETC., ANOTHER INTO A DWELLING HOUSE WITH INTENT TO COMMIT CERTAIN\nFELONIES; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-50.3)\n\nAny person who commits a violation of \u00a7 18.2-31, 18.2-32, 18.2-32.1, 18.2-48,\n18.2-51.2, 18.2-58, 18.2-61, 18.2-67.1, or 18.2-67.2 within a dwelling house and\nwho, with the intent to commit a felony listed in this section, enticed,\nsolicited, requested, or otherwise caused the victim to enter such dwelling\nhouse is guilty of a Class 6 felony. A violation of this section is a separate\nand distinct felony.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, c. 392.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}