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2012 SESSION
12100267DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-429 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-429. Causing telephone or pager to ring with intent to annoy.
Any person who, with or without intent to communicate but with
intent to annoy any other person, causes any telephone or digital pager, not
his own, to ring or to otherwise signal, and any person who permits or condones
the use of any telephone under his control for such purpose shall
be, is
guilty of a Class 3 2 misdemeanor.
Any person who, with or without intent to converse, but with
intent to annoy, harass, hinder or delay emergency personnel in the performance
of their duties as such, causes a telephone to ring, which is owned or leased
for the purpose of receiving emergency calls by a public or private entity
providing fire, police or emergency medical service, and any person who
knowingly permits the use of a telephone under his control for such purpose, shall be is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.