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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-412 — Immunity of officers and others in quelling a riot or unlawful assembly

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 1: Riot and Unlawful Assembly, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-412

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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-412Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

No liability, criminal or civil, shall be imposed upon any person authorized to disperse or assist in dispersing a riot or unlawful assembly for any action of such person which was taken after those rioting or unlawfully assembled had been commanded to disperse, and which action was reasonably necessary under all the circumstances to disperse such riot or unlawful assembly or to arrest those who failed or refused to disperse.

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