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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351038</law_id><section_number>18.2-48</section_number><catch_line>Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-260</reference><reference>16.1-269.1</reference><reference>17.1-275.13</reference><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>18.2-31</reference><reference>18.2-370.2</reference><reference>18.2-370.3</reference><reference>18.2-370.4</reference><reference>18.2-50.3</reference><reference>18.2-513</reference><reference>18.2-61</reference><reference>18.2-67.1</reference><reference>18.2-67.2</reference><reference>18.2-67.5:3</reference><reference>18.2-67.7</reference><reference>19.2-10.2</reference><reference>19.2-215.1</reference><reference>19.2-268.3</reference><reference>19.2-299</reference><reference>19.2-303</reference><reference>19.2-386.32</reference><reference>19.2-386.35</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>19.2-83.1</reference><reference>2.2-515.2</reference><reference>22.1-279.3:1</reference><reference>22.1-289.041</reference><reference>23.1-506</reference><reference>37.2-900</reference><reference>63.2-104.1</reference><reference>63.2-1530</reference><reference>8.01-42.4</reference><reference>9.1-902</reference><reference>9.1-923</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="4" identifier="4">Crimes Against the Person</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="3">Kidnapping and Related Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Abduction (i) of any person with the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to extort money or pecuniary benefit, (ii) of any person with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defile such person, (iii) of any child under sixteen years of age for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution, (iv) of any person for the purpose of prostitution, or (v) of any <span class="dictionary">minor</span> for the purpose of manufacturing child pornography shall be punishable as a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. If the sentence imposed for a violation of (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) includes a term of confinement less than life imprisonment, the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> shall impose, in addition to any active sentence, a <span class="dictionary">suspended sentence</span> of no less than 40 years. This <span class="dictionary">suspended sentence</span> shall be suspended for the remainder of the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>&#x2019;s life subject to <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-38; 1960, c. 358; 1966, c. 214; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1993, c. 317; 1997, c. 747; 2006, cc. 853, 914; 2011, c. 785.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Rodney Massie v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0282214</case_number><citation></citation><date>2022-02-08</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6347249/rodney-massie-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="1"><name>Harris v. Com.</name><case_number>090655</case_number><citation>688 S.E.2d 279</citation><date>2010-01-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058256/harris-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 688 S.E.2d 279 (2010) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Jacques Lamar Walker v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1211204</case_number><citation></citation><date>2022-04-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/6460718/jacques-lamar-walker-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="3"><name>Carlton Shell v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>2070131</case_number><citation>64 Va. App. 16</citation><date>2014-10-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2745944/carlton-shell-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. FELTON, Chief Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Foltz v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>110832</case_number><citation></citation><date>2012-09-14</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1057849/foltz-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Present: Kinser, C.J., Lemons, Goodwyn, and Millette, JJ., and .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="5"><name>United States v. Jorge Torrez</name><case_number>14-1</case_number><citation>869 F.3d 291</citation><date>2017-08-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4422260/united-states-v-jorge-torrez/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. FLOYD, J., .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Fields v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>1328054</case_number><citation>632 S.E.2d 8</citation><date>2006-07-18</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1063206/fields-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 632 S.E.2d 8 (2006) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Barnes v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>2295992</case_number><citation>535 S.E.2d 706</citation><date>2000-10-24</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1065456/barnes-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 535 S.E.2d 706 (2000) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Travion Blount v. Harold Clarke</name><case_number>17-6743</case_number><citation>890 F.3d 456</citation><date>2018-05-15</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4498106/travion-blount-v-harold-clarke/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="9"><name>Smith v. Com.</name><case_number>101357</case_number><citation>706 S.E.2d 889</citation><date>2011-03-04</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1058061/smith-v-com/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 706 S.E.2d 889 (2011) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
