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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83908</law_id><section_number>18.2-410</section_number><catch_line>Power of Governor to summon law-enforcement agencies, national guard, etc., to execute process or preserve the peace</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Crimes Against Peace and Order</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Riot and Unlawful Assembly</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If it appears to the Governor that the power of the locality is not sufficient to enable the sheriff or other officer to execute process delivered to him or to <span class="dictionary">suppress</span> riots and to preserve the peace, he may <span class="dictionary">order</span> <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agencies, national guard, militia or other agencies of the Commonwealth or localities as may be necessary to execute such process and to preserve the peace. All persons so ordered or summoned by the Governor are required to attend and act. Any person who, without lawful cause, refuses or neglects to obey the command, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-254.7; 1968, c. 460; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
