                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OBSTRUCTING FREE PASSAGE OF OTHERS (§ 18.2-404)

Any person or persons who in any public place or on any private property open to
the public unreasonably or unnecessarily obstructs the free passage of other
persons to and from or within such place or property and who shall fail or
refuse to cease such obstruction or move on when requested to do so by the owner
or lessee or agent or employee of such owner or lessee or by a duly authorized
law-enforcement officer shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Nothing in
this section shall be construed to prohibit lawful picketing.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-254.01; 1968, c. 608; 1975, cc. 14, 15.