2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-413 - Commission of certain offenses in county, city or town declared by Governor to be in state of riot ...

18.2-413. Commission of certain offenses in county, city or town declaredby Governor to be in state of riot or insurrection.

Any person, who after the publication of a proclamation by the Governor, orwho after lawful notice to disperse and retire, resists or aids in resistingthe execution of process in any county, city or town declared to be in astate of riot or insurrection, or who aids or attempts the rescue or escapeof another from lawful custody or confinement, or who resists or aids inresisting a force ordered out by the Governor or any sheriff or other officerto quell or suppress an insurrection or riot, shall be guilty of a Class 5felony.

(Code 1950, 18.1-254.10; 1968, c. 460; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)