Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org5977818.2-416Punishment for using abusive language to another20254.1-225Crimes and Offenses GenerallyCrimes Against Peace and OrderAbusive and Insulting Language

If any person shall, in the presence or hearing of another, curse or abuse such other person, or use any violent abusive language to such person concerning himself or any of his relations, or otherwise use such language, under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Code 1950, § 18.1-255; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.