Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-461 Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials

§ 18.2-461. Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials

It shall be unlawful for any person (i) to knowingly give a false report as to the commission of any crime to any law-enforcement official with intent to mislead, or (ii) without just cause and with intent to interfere with the operations of any law-enforcement official, to call or summon any law-enforcement official by telephone or other means, including engagement or activation of an automatic emergency alarm. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-401; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1996, cc. 753, 815.)

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