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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 403 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. Unfortunately, the 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 2000, chapter 962<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 536<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 431<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87311,"section_number":"10.1-1135","catch_line":"Appointment and compensation of forest wardens; oath; powers","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1135\/"}],"permalink":{"id":166017,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73861,"identifier":"18.2-174.1","token":"18.2\/6\/2\/18.2-174.1","url":"\/18.2-174.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-174.1\/","token":"18.2\/6\/2\/18.2-174.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Impersonating certain public safety personnel; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-174.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who willfully impersonates, with the intent<\/span> to make another believe he is, an emergency medical services provider, firefighter, special forest warden designated pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1135<\/a>, fire marshal, or fire chief is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. A second or subsequent offense<\/span> is punishable as a Class 6 felony<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMPERSONATING CERTAIN PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-174.1)\n\nAny person who willfully impersonates, with the intent to make another believe\nhe is, an emergency medical services provider, firefighter, special forest\nwarden designated pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-1135, fire marshal, or fire chief is\nguilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A second or subsequent offense is punishable as\na Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 403; 2000, c. 962; 2002, c. 536; 2013, c. 431; 2015, cc. 502,\n503.","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}}