                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUNISHMENT FOR USING ABUSIVE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER (§ 18.2-416)

If any person shall, in the presence or hearing of another, curse or abuse such
other person, or use any violent abusive language to such person concerning
himself or any of his relations, or otherwise use such language, under
circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, he shall
be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-255; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.