Except as provided in Chapter 6 (§ 19.2-61 et seq.) of Title 19.2, it shall be unlawful for any person who, by virtue of his position of authority or in the course of his employment by a court, a public utility, a law-enforcement agency, or by any other agency of state or local government, obtains knowledge of the fact that an order authorizing interception of wire or oral communication has been entered or is sought to be entered, intentionally to disclose such information to any person, except in the performance of his duties. Persons violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Nothing herein precludes a court authorizing an interception under this chapter from prohibiting any other person from disclosing the existence of an order, interception, or device and imposing contempt sanctions for any willful disclosure.
1980, c. 339.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 18.2 - Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 10 - Crimes Against the Administration of Justice
§ 18.2-434. What deemed perjury; punishment and penalty
§ 18.2-436. Inducing another to give false testimony; sufficiency of evidence
§ 18.2-437. Immunity of witnesses
§ 18.2-438. Bribes to officers or candidates for office
§ 18.2-439. Acceptance of bribe by officer or candidate
§ 18.2-440. Bribes to officers to prevent service of process
§ 18.2-441. Giving bribes to, or receiving bribes by, commissioners, jurors, etc.
§ 18.2-441.1. Bribery of witnesses
§ 18.2-442. Bribery of participants in games, contests or sports
§ 18.2-443. Solicitation or acceptance of bribes by participants or by managers, coaches or trainers
§ 18.2-444. Corruptly influencing, or being influenced as, agents, etc.
§ 18.2-445. Immunity of witnesses
§ 18.2-447. When person guilty of bribery
§ 18.2-448. Certain matters not to constitute defenses
§ 18.2-450. Immunity of witnesses
§ 18.2-451. Definitions; application and construction of article
§ 18.2-453. Aiders and abettors
§ 18.2-454. Enjoining barratry
§ 18.2-455. Unprofessional conduct; revocation of license
§ 18.2-456. Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for contempt
§ 18.2-457. Fine and imprisonment by court limited unless jury impaneled
§ 18.2-458. Power of judge of district court to punish for contempt
§ 18.2-459. Appeal from sentence of such judge
§ 18.2-460. Obstructing justice; resisting arrest; fleeing from a law-enforcement officer; penalties
§ 18.2-461. Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials
§ 18.2-462. Concealing or compounding offenses; penalties
§ 18.2-462.1. Use of police radio during commission of crime
§ 18.2-463. Refusal to aid officer in execution of his office
§ 18.2-464. Failure to obey order of conservator of the peace
§ 18.2-465. Officer summoning juror to act impartially
§ 18.2-465.1. Penalizing employee for court appearance or service on jury panel
§ 18.2-466. Corruptly procuring juror to be summoned
§ 18.2-467. Fraud in drawing jurors, etc.
§ 18.2-468. Making sound recordings of jury deliberations
§ 18.2-469. Officer refusing, delaying, etc., to execute process for criminal
§ 18.2-470. Extortion by officer
§ 18.2-471. Fraudulent issue of fee bills
§ 18.2-471.1. Destruction of human biological evidence; penalty
§ 18.2-472. False entries or destruction of records by officers
§ 18.2-473. Persons aiding escape of prisoner or child
§ 18.2-473.1. Communication with prisoners or committed person; penalty
§ 18.2-473.2. Covering a security camera in a correctional facility; penalty
§ 18.2-474. Delivery of articles to prisoners or committed person
§ 18.2-474.1. Delivery of drugs, firearms, explosives, etc., to prisoners or committed persons
§ 18.2-474.2. Bribery in correctional facilities; penalty
§ 18.2-477. Prisoner escaping from jail; how punished
§ 18.2-477.1. Escapes from juvenile facility; penalty
§ 18.2-478. Escape from jail or custody by force or violence without setting fire to jail
§ 18.2-479. Escape without force or violence or setting fire to jail
§ 18.2-480. Escape, etc., by setting fire to jail
§ 18.2-480.1. Admissibility of records of Department of Corrections in escape cases