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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>356811</law_id><section_number>28.2-905</section_number><catch_line>Resistance to officer or authorized person, etc.; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="70" identifier="28.2">Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Tidal Fisheries</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="9">Enforcement of Subtitle Ii; Jurisdiction</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person found guilty of resisting or impeding an <span class="dictionary">officer</span> or other person authorized to make <span class="dictionary">arrests</span>, seizures, examinations or other performances of duties under this subtitle, shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 28-215; 1962, c. 406, &#xA7; 28.1-191; 1992, c. 836.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
