If any married person, during the life of such person's spouse, marries another person in the Commonwealth, or, if the marriage with such other person takes place outside of the Commonwealth and the persons cohabitate in the Commonwealth, he is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Venue for a violation of this section may be in the county or city where the subsequent marriage occurred or where the parties to the subsequent marriage cohabited.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-362
Person marrying when spouse is living; penalty; venue
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Green (2004)
Most recently applied in 93 F. Supp. 3d 457 - Hassan v. Johnson (February 2015)
Code 1950, § 20-41; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2003, c. 99; 2020, c. 900.
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