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1996 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-461 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-461. Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials.
It shall be unlawful for any person (i) to knowingly to give a
false report as to the commission of any crime to any law-enforcement official
with intent to mislead, or (ii) without just cause and with intent to
interfere with the operations of any law-enforcement official, to call or
summon any law-enforcement official by telephone or other means, including
engagement or activation of an automatic emergency alarm. Violation of the
provisions of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.