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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-464 — Failure to obey order of conservator of the peace
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Article 6: Interference with Administration of Justice, Code of Virginia.
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Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-464
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.
If any person, being required by a conservator of the peace on view of a breach of the peace or other offense to bring before him the offender, refuse or neglect to obey the conservator of the peace, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor; and if the conservator of the peace declare himself or be known to be such to the person so refusing or neglecting, ignorance of his office shall not be pleaded as an excuse.
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Is failure to obey order of conservator of the peace a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?
Failure to obey order of conservator of the peace is a class 2 misdemeanor in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-464.
Which Virginia statute covers failure to obey order of conservator of the peace?
Failure to obey order of conservator of the peace is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-464 (Failure to obey order of conservator of the peace).
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