§ 21-18.1. Solicitation for fornication, sodomy or adultery.

(a)

Any person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor who:

(1)

In any place open to the public, for money or other valuable consideration, solicits, invites, urges, entreats or otherwise attempts to persuade another person, not his or her spouse, to commit fornication as defined by section 18.2-344, Code of Virginia (1950), as amended ("State Code"), sodomy as defined by section 18.2-361 of the State Code or adultery as defined by section 18.2-365 of the State Code; or

(2)

In any place open to the public, bargains with or negotiates with another person, not his or her spouse, as to the price or other valuable consideration required for commission by such person of fornication as defined by section 18.2-344 of the State Code, sodomy as defined by section 18.2-365 of State Code or adultery as defined by section 18.2-365 of the State Code.

(b)

Other than those acts enumerated in subsection (a) above, no additional act shall be required to constitute the crime defined by subsection (a).

(c)

In the prosecution of any offense under this section, a court shall consider any evidence defining slang expressions, codes, or other words used to describe fornication, sodomy or adultery, the price therefor or the method of payment relating thereto.

(Ord. No. 29937, § 1, 2-5-90; Ord. No. 30363, § 1, 1-7-91)

(Ord. No. 29937, § 1, 2-5-90; Ord. No. 30363, § 1, 1-7-91)