[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Edinburg 9-12-1978 (Secs. 7-1, 12-1 through 12-7, 12-16, 12-20 through 12-27, 12-30 and 12-33 through 12-36 of the 1978 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
CODE OF VIRGINIA REFERENCES
Attempts to commit misdemeanors — § 18.2-27.
Crimes against property — § 18.2-77 et seq.
Crime involving fraud — § 18.2-168 et seq.
Impersonating an officer — § 18.2-174.
Crimes against peace and good order — § 18.2-404 et seq.
Obstructing justice — § 18.2-460.
If any person shall, in the presence or hearing of another, curse or abuse such other person, or use any violent abusive language to such person concerning himself or any of his relations, or otherwise use such language, under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 116-2, Adultery, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Any person who shall commit a simple assault or assault and battery shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Every person who attempts to commit an offense which is a misdemeanor under the provisions of this Code shall be punishable by the same punishment prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the attempt. In no event shall the punishment for an attempt to commit an offense exceed the maximum punishment had the offense been committed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person who shall in any way injure, tear down, cut or remove any door step, sign, gate, tree, shrub or flowers or any other property of the citizens of the Town, or of the Town itself, without authority to do so, shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
[Amended 8-12-1998]
A. 
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with the intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he:
(1) 
In any street, highway or public building, or while in or on a public conveyance or public place, engages in conduct having a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, such conduct is directed; or
(2) 
Willfully or being intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts any funeral, memorial service, or meeting of the governing body of any political subdivision of this commonwealth or a division or agency thereof, or of any school, literary society or place of religious worship, if the disruption prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the funeral, memorial service, or meeting or has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed; or
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
(3) 
Willfully or while intoxicated, whether willfully or not, and whether such intoxication results from self-administered alcohol or other drug of whatever nature, disrupts the operation of any school or any activity conducted or sponsored by any school, if the disruption prevents or interferes with the orderly conduct of the operation or activity or has a direct tendency to cause acts of violence by the person or persons at whom, individually, the disruption is directed.
B. 
However, the conduct prohibited under Subsection A of this section shall not be deemed to include the utterance or display of any words or to include conduct otherwise made punishable under Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia.
C. 
The person in charge of any such building, place, conveyance, meeting, operation or activity may eject therefrom any person who violates any provision of this section, with the aid, if necessary, of any persons who may be called upon for such purpose.
D. 
A person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
E. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any elementary or secondary school student if the disorderly conduct occurred on the property of any elementary or secondary school, on a school bus as defined in § 46.2-100, Code of Virginia, or at any activity conducted or sponsored by any elementary or secondary school.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
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Editor's Note: Former § 116-7, Fornication, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
It is unlawful for any person to keep any bawdy place, or to reside in or at or visit for immoral purposes any such bawdy place. Each day such bawdy place is kept, resided in, or visited shall constitute a separate offense. In a prosecution under this section, the general reputation of the bawdy place may be proved. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. 
As used in this section, "bawdy place" means any place within or outside any building or structure that is used or is to be used for lewdness, assignation, or prostitution.
Any person or persons who in any public place or on any private property open to the public unreasonably or unnecessarily obstruct the free passage of other persons to and from or within such place or property and who shall fail or refuse to cease such obstruction or move on when requested to do so by the owner or lessee or agent or employee of such owner or lessee or by a duly authorized law enforcement officer shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit lawful picketing.
If any person, by threats or force, attempts to intimidate or impede a judge, justice, juror, witness or an officer of a court or any law enforcement officer in the discharge of his duty or to obstruct or impede the administration of justice in any court, he shall be deemed to be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon the property of another and secretly or furtively peep, spy or attempt to peep or spy into or through a window, door or other aperture of any building, structure, or other enclosure of any nature occupied or intended for occupancy as a dwelling, whether or not such building, structure or enclosure is permanently situated or transportable and whether or not such occupancy is permanent or temporary, or to do the same, without just cause, upon property owned by him and leased or rented to another under circumstances that would violate the occupant's reasonable expectation of privacy.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to use a peephole or other aperture to secretly or furtively peep, spy or attempt to peep or spy into a restroom, dressing room, locker room, hotel room, motel room, tanning bed, tanning booth, bedroom or other location or enclosure for the purpose of viewing any nonconsenting person who is totally nude, clad in undergarments, or in a state of undress exposing the genitals, pubic area, buttocks or female breast and the circumstances are such that the person would otherwise have a reasonable expectation of privacy.
C. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a lawful criminal investigation or a correctional official or local or regional jail official conducting surveillance for security purposes or during an investigation of alleged misconduct involving a person committed to the Department of Corrections or to a local or regional jail.
D. 
As used in this section, "peephole" means any hole, crack or other similar opening through which a person can see.
E. 
A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person who 1) commits larceny from the person of another of money or other thing of value of less than $5; or 2) commits simple larceny not from the person of another of goods and chattels of the value of less than $1,000, except as provided in Clause (iii) of § 18.2-95, Code of Virginia, shall be deemed guilty of petit larceny, which shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to give a false report as to the commission of any crime to any law enforcement official with intent to mislead. Violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person who shall falsely assume or exercise the functions, powers, duties and privileges incident to the office of Sheriff, police officer, marshal or other peace officer, or who shall falsely assume or pretend to be any such officer, shall be deemed guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
If any person, on being required by any sheriff or other officer, refuses or neglects to assist any Sheriff or other officer in the execution of his office in a criminal case, in the preservation of the peace, in the apprehending or securing of any person for a breach of the peace or in any case of escape or rescue, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
No person shall resist, abuse, obstruct or hinder any law enforcement officer or any officer or employee of the Town in the discharge of his duty, or any contractor or other person in the execution of any work for the Town. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
A. 
If any person profanely curse or swear or be drunk in public he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
B. 
If any person shall be convicted for being drunk in public three times within one year in the Town, upon the third or any subsequent conviction for such offense within the period of one year such person shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
If any person shall without authority of law go upon or remain upon the lands, buildings or premises of another, or any part, portion or area thereof, after having been forbidden to do so, either orally or in writing, by the owner, lessee, custodian or other person lawfully in charge thereof, or after having been forbidden to do so by a sign or signs posted on such lands, buildings, premises or part, portion or area thereof at a place or places where it or they may be reasonably seen, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
If any person shall solicit, urge, encourage, exhort, instigate or procure another or others to go upon or remain upon the lands, buildings or premises of another, or any part, portion or area thereof, knowing such other person or persons to have been forbidden, either orally or in writing, to do so by the owner, lessee, custodian or other person lawfully in charge thereof, or knowing such other person or persons to have been forbidden to do so by a sign or signs posted on such lands, buildings, premises or part, portion or area thereof at a place or places where it or they may reasonably be seen; or if any person shall, on such lands, buildings, premises or part, portion or area thereof prevent or seek to prevent the owner, lessee, custodian, person in charge or any of his employees from rendering service to any person or persons not so forbidden, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter the land, dwelling, outhouse or any other building of another for the purpose of damaging such property or any of the contents thereof or in any manner to interfere with the rights of the owner, user or the occupant thereof to use such property free from interference. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
If any person shall use obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act with the intent to coerce, intimidate or harass any person over any telephone, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Any person who shall wantonly or without knowledge of the existence of a fire turns in or gives any false alarm to the Fire Department or who in any way tampers with the fire alarm system shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.