                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN PUBLIC PLACES (§ 18.2-415)

A. A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the intent to cause public
inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:

   1. In any street, highway, or public building, or while in or on a public
   conveyance, or while in a public place engages in conduct having a direct
   tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom,
   individually, such conduct is directed;

   2. Willfully or being intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such
   intoxication results from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever
   nature, disrupts any funeral, memorial service, or meeting of the governing
   body of any political subdivision of this Commonwealth or a division or agency
   thereof, or of any school, literary society, or place of religious worship, if
   the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the
   funeral, memorial service, or meeting or (ii) has a direct tendency to cause
   acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the
   disruption is directed; or

   3. Willfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such
   intoxication results from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever
   nature, disrupts the operation of any school or any activity conducted or
   sponsored by any school, if the disruption (i) prevents or interferes with the
   orderly conduct of the operation or activity or (ii) has a direct tendency to
   cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the
   disruption is directed.

B. The conduct prohibited under subsection A shall not be deemed to include the
utterance or display of any words or to include conduct otherwise made
punishable under this title.

C. The person in charge of any such building, place, conveyance, meeting,
operation, or activity may eject therefrom any person who violates any provision
of this section, with the aid, if necessary, of any persons who may be called
upon for such purpose.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any elementary or secondary
school student if the disorderly conduct occurred on the property of any
elementary or secondary school, on a school bus as defined in &#xA7; 46.2-100,
or at any activity conducted or sponsored by any elementary or secondary school.

E. The governing bodies of counties, cities, and towns are authorized to adopt
ordinances prohibiting and punishing the acts and conduct prohibited by this
section, provided that the punishment fixed therefor shall not exceed that
prescribed for a Class 1 misdemeanor. A person violating any provision of this
section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 18.1-239, 18.1-240, 18.1-253.1 through 18.1-253.3;
1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 639; 1969, Ex. Sess., c. 2; 1970, c. 374; 1975, cc. 14,
15; 1976, c. 244; 1990, c. 627; 2006, c. 250; 2020, cc. 199, 355.