Virginia · Code of Virginia — Title 18.2, Crimes and Offenses

Va. Code (Crimes) § 18.2-464: Failure to obey order of conservator of the peace

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who refuses or neglects to obey a conservator of the peace's order to bring an offender before them commits a Class 2 misdemeanor. Ignorance of the conservator's authority is not a valid defense.

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