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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350900</law_id><section_number>18.2-387</section_number><catch_line>Indecent exposure</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-69.55</reference><reference>18.2-67.5:1</reference><reference>19.2-310.2</reference><reference>24.2-233</reference><reference>63.2-1530</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="8" identifier="8">Crimes Involving Morals and Decency</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="5">Obscenity and Related Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every person who intentionally makes an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. No person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section for breastfeeding a child in any public place or any place where others are present.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-236; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, c. 398.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Devonza A. Johnson, Sometimes Known as Devonza Antiwan .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>1122213</case_number><citation></citation><date>2022-09-20</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8242298/devonza-a-johnson-sometimes-known-as-devonza-antiwan-johnson-v/</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="1"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Samuel Harris, s/k/a Samuel Harris, Jr. v. Commonwealth of .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>0119242</case_number><citation></citation><date>2025-02-18</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10334470/samuel-harris-ska-samuel-harris-jr-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>Leo Ricardo Barnes v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0271121</case_number><citation>61 Va. App. 495</citation><date>2013-03-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061467/leo-ricardo-barnes-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. ELDER, Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Dustin Allen Ele, Sr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1602181</case_number><citation>829 S.E.2d 564</citation><date>2019-07-16</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4639796/dustin-allen-ele-sr-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="4"><name>James David Hazelwood v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>2013241</case_number><citation></citation><date>2026-06-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10875780/james-david-hazelwood-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="5"><name>Simon v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>0909104</case_number><citation>708 S.E.2d 245</citation><date>2011-05-03</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061950/simon-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 708 S.E.2d 245 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Moses v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>0985033</case_number><citation>611 S.E.2d 607</citation><date>2005-04-12</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063538/moses-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. UPON REHEARING EN BANC .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Farhoumand v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>140012</case_number><citation></citation><date>2014-10-31</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2747285/farhoumand-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT:   All the Justices .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Moses v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>Record 0985-03-3</case_number><citation>600 S.E.2d 162</citation><date>2004-08-10</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1415840/moses-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. KELSEY, J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Simmons v. T.M. Assocs. Mgmt., Inc.</name><case_number>Case No. 3:17&#x2013;cv&#x2013;00066</case_number><citation>287 F. Supp. 3d 600</citation><date>2018-02-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7328200/simmons-v-tm-assocs-mgmt-inc/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. NORMAN K. MOON, SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
