Virginia Statutes
§ 18.2-428 — Giving certain false information to another by telephone
Virginia § 18.2-428
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY
Ch. 9CRIMES AGAINST PEACE AND ORDER
Art. 6UNLAWFUL USE OF TELEPHONES
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-428 (2026).
Text
If any person maliciously advises or informs another over any telephone in this Commonwealth of the death of, accident to, injury to, illness of, or disappearance of some third party, knowing the same to be false, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 18.1-238.1; 1962, c. 225; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
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Virginia § 18.2-428, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/18.2/18.2-428.