§ 3-28. Unauthorized use of name or picture of person.  


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  • A person who knowingly uses, for advertising purposes, or for the purpose of trade, the name, portrait or picture of any person resident in the city, without having first obtained the written consent of such person, or if dead, of such person's surviving consort, or if none, the next of kin, or, if a minor, of such minor's parent or guardian, as well as that of such minor, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).

    State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-216.1.

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-216.1.