                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CALLING OR SUMMONING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES VEHICLE OR FIREFIGHTING
APPARATUS WITHOUT JUST CAUSE; MALICIOUSLY ACTIVATING FIRE ALARMS; VENUE (§
18.2-212)

A. Any person who without just cause therefor calls or summons, by telephone or
otherwise, any emergency medical services vehicle or firefighting apparatus, or
any person who maliciously activates a manual or automatic fire alarm in any
building, regardless of whether an emergency medical services vehicle or fire
apparatus responds or not, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. A violation of this section may be prosecuted either in the jurisdiction from
which the call or summons was made or in the jurisdiction where the call or
summons was received.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-412; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 75;
1982, c. 502; 2015, cc. 502, 503; 2017, cc. 98, 519.