                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

UNLAWFUL INTERFERENCE WITH EMERGENCY TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS; PENALTY (§
18.2-165.2)

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly and willfully (i) interfere
with the transmission of a radio communication, the purpose of which is to
inform or to inquire about an emergency or (ii) transmit false information about
an emergency.

B. For the purposes of this section, &#8220;emergency&#8221; means a condition
or circumstance in which an individual is or is reasonably believed by the
person transmitting the communication to be in imminent danger of death or
serious bodily harm or in which property is in imminent danger of damage or
destruction.

C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 100.