Bill Text: VA SB1128 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Law-enforcement officer; impersonating local, etc., law-enforcement officer is Class 1 misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-20 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0638) [SB1128 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2013-SB1128-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 638 An Act to amend and reenact §18.2-174 of the Code of Virginia, relating to impersonating a law-enforcement officer; penalty. [S 1128] Approved March 20, 2013  

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §18.2-174 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§18.2-174. Impersonating officer.

Any person who shall falsely assume or exercise falsely assumes or exercises the functions, powers, duties, and privileges incident to the office of sheriff, police officer, marshal, or other peace officer, or any local, city, county, state, or federal law-enforcement officer, or who shall falsely assume or pretend falsely assumes or pretends to be any such officer, shall be deemed is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.