The following is a paraphrase. For detailed information, see the Code of Virginia.

INDECENT LIBERTIES

Title 18.2-63 Code of Va. (Commonly referred to as "Statutory Rape")

Definition: Sexual intercourse with a person aged 13 or 14, with consent, when the offender is 3 years or more the senior.

Penalty: 1 to 5 years imprisonment and/or $1,000.00 fine (If the offender is less than 3 years the senior the charge is fornication, a misdemeanor. Any person under the age of 13 has no legal capacity to consent to sexual intercourse; therefore, if a person under the age of 13 has sexual intercourse, the offender should be charged with rape.)