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This law was first created in 1974. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 299 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 1974 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1987, chapter 488; in 2007, chapter 87<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76482,"section_number":"29.1-210","catch_line":"Person arrested may be committed to jail, bailed, recognized or summoned","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-210\/"}],"permalink":{"id":192431,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80587,"identifier":"29.1-207","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-207","url":"\/29.1-207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-207\/","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Impeding conservation police officer, etc., in discharge of his duty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any person, by threats or force, attempts to intimidate or impede any law<\/span>-enforcement officer enforcing the game<\/span>, inland fish and boating laws<\/span>, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span> and shall be subject to arrest<\/span> by the officer and to the procedures set forth in \u00a7 29.1-210<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMPEDING CONSERVATION POLICE OFFICER, ETC., IN DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY (\u00a7\n29.1-207)\n\nIf any person, by threats or force, attempts to intimidate or impede any\nlaw-enforcement officer enforcing the game, inland fish and boating laws, he\nshall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and shall be subject to arrest by the\nofficer and to the procedures set forth in \u00a7 29.1-210.\n\nHISTORY: 1974, c. 299, \u00a7 29-32.2; 1987, c. 488; 2007, c. 87.","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}}