18.2-212 - Calling or summoning ambulance or fire-fighting apparatus without just cause; maliciously activating fire alarms in public buildings; venue. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-212. Calling or summoning ambulance or fire-fighting apparatus withoutjust cause; maliciously activating fire alarms in public buildings; venue.

A. Any person who without just cause therefor, calls or summons, by telephoneor otherwise, any ambulance, or fire-fighting apparatus, or any person whomaliciously activates a manual or automatic fire alarm in any building usedfor public assembly or for other public use, including, but not limited to,schools, theaters, stores, office buildings, shopping centers and malls,coliseums and arenas, regardless of whether fire apparatus responds or not,shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

B. A violation of this section may be prosecuted either in the jurisdictionfrom which the call or summons was made or in the jurisdiction where the callor summons was received.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-412; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1976, c. 75; 1982, c.502.)