Va. Code § 18.2-388

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845

Section 18.2-388 - Intoxication in public; penalty; transportation of public inebriates to detoxification center

If any person is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug, or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. In any area in which there is located a court-approved detoxification center, a law-enforcement officer may authorize the transportation, by police or otherwise, of public inebriates to such detoxification center in lieu of arrest; however, no person shall be involuntarily detained in such center.

Va. Code § 18.2-388

Code 1950, § 18.1-237; 1960, c. 358; 1964, c. 434; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1979, c. 654; 1982, c. 666; 1983, c. 187; 1990, c. 965; 2020, c. 160.

Amended by Acts 2020 c. 160, § 1, eff. 7/1/2020.