Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-412 — Immunity of officers and others in quelling a riot or unlawful assembly
Virginia § 18.2-412
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 9CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND ORDER
Art. 1RIOT AND UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-412 (2026).
Text
No liability, criminal or civil, shall be imposed upon any person authorized to disperse or assist in dispersing a riot or unlawful assembly for any action of such person which was taken after those rioting or unlawfully assembled had been commanded to disperse, and which action was reasonably necessary under all the circumstances to disperse such riot or unlawful assembly or to arrest those who failed or refused to disperse.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, §§ 18.1-254.8, 18.1-254.9; 1968, c. 460; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Virginia § 18.2-412, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-412.