Code of Virginia - Title 29.1 Game, Inland Fisheries And Boating - Section 29.1-739.1 Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; attempts to elude; penalty

§ 29.1-739.1. Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; attempts to elude; penalty

A. Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal of a flashing light or siren from any conservation police officer or other law-enforcement officer to bring his motorboat or other vessel, or seaplane to a stop, fails to do so promptly shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

B. Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal of a flashing light or siren from any conservation police officer or other law-enforcement officer to bring his motorboat or other vessel, or seaplane to a stop, (i) operates or navigates such motorboat or other vessel, or seaplane in willful or wanton disregard of such signal so as to endanger the life of the law-enforcement officer or other persons or to interfere with the operation of a law-enforcement vessel, or (ii) increases his speed and attempts to escape or elude a law-enforcement officer shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

(1993, c. 243; 1994, c. 414; 2007, c. 87.)

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