Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-464 — Failure to obey order of conservator of the peace
Virginia § 18.2-464
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 10CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Art. 6INTERFERENCE WITH ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-464 (2026).
Text
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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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-302; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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