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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 291<\/a> and 408<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 829<\/a> and 840<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 632<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152517,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55228,"identifier":"15.2-1130","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1130","url":"\/15.2-1130\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1130\/","token":"15.2\/II\/11\/2\/15.2-1130","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liability for failure to provide adequate security or crowd control","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1130","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Cities of Chesapeake and Portsmouth may provide by ordinance<\/span> that any person who has negligently failed to provide adequate security or crowd control at a sporting event, restaurant, night club, or other business or commercial activity that draws large crowds of people may be liable in a separate civil action<\/span> for the cost associated with any emergency response by the law<\/span>-enforcement agency or emergency medical services personnel of such city<\/span> caused by the sponsor, owner, or tenant of any sporting event, restaurant, night club, or other business or commercial establishment who negligently failed to provide adequate security or crowd control. Such person shall be liable to the city<\/span> in an amount not to exceed $1,000.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SECURITY OR CROWD CONTROL (\u00a7\n15.2-1130)\n\nThe Cities of Chesapeake and Portsmouth may provide by ordinance that any person\nwho has negligently failed to provide adequate security or crowd control at a\nsporting event, restaurant, night club, or other business or commercial activity\nthat draws large crowds of people may be liable in a separate civil action for\nthe cost associated with any emergency response by the law-enforcement agency or\nemergency medical services personnel of such city caused by the sponsor, owner,\nor tenant of any sporting event, restaurant, night club, or other business or\ncommercial establishment who negligently failed to provide adequate security or\ncrowd control. Such person shall be liable to the city in an amount not to\nexceed $1,000.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, cc. 291, 408, \u00a7 15.1-132.2; 1997, c. 587; 2000, cc. 829, 840;\n2019, c. 632.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}