Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-212 Calling or summoning ambulance or fire-fighting apparatus without just cause; maliciously activatin...

§ 18.2-212. Calling or summoning ambulance or fire-fighting apparatus without just cause; maliciously activatin...

A. Any person who without just cause therefor, calls or summons, by telephone or otherwise, any ambulance, or fire-fighting apparatus, or any person who maliciously activates a manual or automatic fire alarm in any building used for public assembly or for other public use, including, but not limited to, schools, theaters, stores, office buildings, shopping centers and malls, coliseums and arenas, regardless of whether fire apparatus responds or not, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. A violation of this section may be prosecuted either in the jurisdiction from which the call or summons was made or in the jurisdiction where the call or summons was received.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-412; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 75; 1982, c. 502.)

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