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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1970, chapter 322; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 1993, chapter 322; in 1994, chapter 18<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 530<\/a>; in 2018, chapters 557<\/a> and 558<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54761,"section_number":"29.1-521.2","catch_line":"Violation of \u00a7 18.2-286 while hunting; revocation of license and privileges","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-521.2\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166995,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58111,"identifier":"18.2-286","token":"18.2\/7\/4\/18.2-286","url":"\/18.2-286\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-286\/","token":"18.2\/7\/4\/18.2-286","dublin_core":{"Title":"Shooting in or across road or in street","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-286","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person discharges a firearm, crossbow, slingbow, arrowgun, or bow and arrow in or across any road, or within the right-of-way thereof, or in a street of any city or town, he shall, for each offense<\/span>, be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor<\/span>.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to firing ranges or shooting matches maintained, and supervised or approved, by law<\/span>-enforcement officers and military personnel in performance of their lawful duties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSHOOTING IN OR ACROSS ROAD OR IN STREET (\u00a7 18.2-286)\n\nIf any person discharges a firearm, crossbow, slingbow, arrowgun, or bow and\narrow in or across any road, or within the right-of-way thereof, or in a street\nof any city or town, he shall, for each offense, be guilty of a Class 4\nmisdemeanor.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to firing ranges or shooting\nmatches maintained, and supervised or approved, by law-enforcement officers and\nmilitary personnel in performance of their lawful duties.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 33.1-349; 1970, c. 322; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1993, c. 322;\n1994, c. 18; 2017, c. 530; 2018, cc. 557, 558.","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}}