(A) Any person who without just cause 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 punished pursuant to § 132.99.
(B) A violation of this section may be prosecuted if the call or summons was made from the town or if the call or summons was received in the town.
(1998 Code, § 38-81) Penalty, see § 132.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see VA Code § 18.2-212