(A) It shall be unlawful and punishable pursuant to § 134.99 for any person to keep any bawdy place, or to reside in or at or visit, for immoral purposes, any bawdy place.
(B) For the purposes of this section, BAWDY PLACE shall mean any place, within or without any building or structure, within this town that is used or is to be used for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution. The term shall include but shall not be limited to every house of prostitution, house of ill fame, house of assignation, and brothel.
(C) In a prosecution for a violation of this section, the general reputation of the place may be proved.
(1998 Code, § 38-159) Penalty, see § 134.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-347