Virginia Code
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-407 (2026)
Remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse
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Every person, except the owner or lessee of the premises, his family and nonrioting guests, and public officers and persons assisting them, who remains at the place of any riot or unlawful assembly after having been lawfully warned to disperse, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Code 1950, § 18.1-254.4; 1968, c. 460; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 251; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1982–1999 · leading case: City of Chicago v. Morales, 527 U.S. 41 (1999).
City of Chicago v. Morales, 527 U.S. 41 (1999). “13, § 901 (1998); Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-407 (1996); V. I. Code Ann.”
United Steelworkers of Am. v. Dalton, 544 F. Supp. 282 (E.D. Va. 1982). “2-406 of the Code of Virginia, headed: What constitutes an unlawful assembly; punishment; and § 18.2-407 of the Code, headed: Remaining at place of riot or unlawful assembly after warning to disperse.”
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