Va. Code § 18.2-286

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

Section 18.2-286 - Shooting in or across road or in street

If any person discharges a firearm, crossbow, slingbow, arrowgun, or bow and arrow in or across any road, or within the right-of-way thereof, or in a street of any city or town, he shall, for each offense, be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to firing ranges or shooting matches maintained, and supervised or approved, by law-enforcement officers and military personnel in performance of their lawful duties.

Va. Code § 18.2-286

Code 1950, § 33.1-349; 1970, c. 322; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1993, c. 322; 1994, c. 18; 2017, c. 530; 2018, cc. 557, 558.

Amended by Acts 2018 c. 558, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by Acts 2018 c. 557, § 1, eff. 7/1/2018.

Amended by Acts 2017 c. 530, § 1, eff. 7/1/2017.