§ 42-118. Calling or summoning ambulance or firefighting apparatus without just cause; maliciously activating fire alarms in public buildings; venue.

(a)

Any person who, without just cause therefor, calls or summons, by telephone or otherwise, any ambulance, or firefighting apparatus or any person who maliciously activates a manual or automatic fire alarm in any building used for 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 jurisdiction from which the call or summons was made or in the jurisdiction where the call or summons was received.

(Code 1992, § 15-4)

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-212.

(Code 1992, § 15-4)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-212.