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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 274<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61251,"section_number":"46.2-1025","catch_line":"Flashing amber, purple, or green warning lights","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1025\/"},{"id":56620,"section_number":"46.2-113","catch_line":"Violations of this title; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-113\/"},{"id":56999,"section_number":"46.2-828","catch_line":"Right-of-way for funeral processions under police or sheriff's escort; improper joining of, passing through, or interfering with processions prohibited; use of high beam headlights and hazard lights by vehicles traveling in funeral processions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-828\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230743,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75279,"identifier":"46.2-828.1","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/2\/46.2-828.1","url":"\/46.2-828.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-828.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/2\/46.2-828.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Impeding or disrupting certain funeral processions; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-828.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It shall be unlawful for the operator<\/span> of any motor vehicle<\/span> intentionally to impede or disrupt a funeral procession. Any person convicted of violating this subsection shall be guilty of a traffic infraction<\/span> and shall, in addition to a penalty<\/span> assessed pursuant to § 46.2-113<\/a>, be assessed four driver<\/span> demerit points. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> This section shall apply only to funeral processions that are either (i) travelling under police or sheriff’s escort as provided in § 46.2-828<\/a> or (ii) escorted or led by vehicles<\/span> displaying warning lights<\/span> as provided in § 46.2-1025<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMPEDING OR DISRUPTING CERTAIN FUNERAL PROCESSIONS; PENALTY (\u00a7 46.2-828.1)\n\nA. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any motor vehicle intentionally to\nimpede or disrupt a funeral procession. Any person convicted of violating this\nsubsection shall be guilty of a traffic infraction and shall, in addition to a\npenalty assessed pursuant to § 46.2-113, be assessed four driver demerit\npoints.\n\nB. This section shall apply only to funeral processions that are either (i)\ntravelling under police or sheriff’s escort as provided in § 46.2-828\nor (ii) escorted or led by vehicles displaying warning lights as provided in\n§ 46.2-1025.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 274.","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}}