§ 54-15. Profane swearing and intoxication in public; transportation of public inebriates to detoxification center.

If any person profanely curses or swears or is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he shall be deemed 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.

(Code 1988, § 8-15)

State Law reference— Profane swearing and drunkenness in public, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-388.

(Code 1988, § 8-15)

State law reference

Profane swearing and drunkenness in public, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-388.