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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-407 — Remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 1: Riot and Unlawful Assembly, Code of Virginia.

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Remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-407

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-407Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

Every person, except the owner or lessee of the premises, his family and nonrioting guests, and public officers and persons assisting them, who remains at the place of any riot or unlawful assembly after having been lawfully warned to disperse, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

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Is remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?

Remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse is a class 3 misdemeanor in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-407.

Which Virginia statute covers remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse?

Remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-407 (Remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse).

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