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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76069</law_id><section_number>18.2-462.1</section_number><catch_line>Use of police radio during commission of crime</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="10">Crimes Against the Administration of Justice</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Interference With Administration of Justice</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person who has in his <span class="dictionary">possession</span> or who uses a device capable of receiving a police radio signal, message, or transmission, while in the commission of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span>, is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. A <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for or <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> of the <span class="dictionary">crime</span> of use or <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a police radio is not a bar to <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> for any other <span class="dictionary">crime</span> committed while possessing or using the police radio.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 499.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
