Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-388 Profane swearing and intoxication in public; penalty; transportation of public inebriates to detoxi...

§ 18.2-388. Profane swearing and intoxication in public; penalty; transportation of public inebriates to detoxi...

If any person profanely curses or swears or is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. In any area in which there is located a court-approved detoxification center a law-enforcement officer may authorize the transportation, by police or otherwise, of public inebriates to such detoxification center in lieu of arrest; however, no person shall be involuntarily detained in such center.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-237; 1960, c. 358; 1964, c. 434; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1979, c. 654; 1982, c. 666; 1983, c. 187; 1990, c. 965.)

Sections:  Previous  18.2-383  18.2-384  18.2-385  18.2-386  18.2-386.1  18.2-387  18.2-387.1  18.2-388  18.2-389  18.2-390  18.2-391  18.2-391.1  18.2-392  18.2-403.1  18.2-403.2  Next

Last modified: April 3, 2009