CODE OF VIRGINIA

DISREGARDING SIGNAL BY LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO STOP; ATTEMPTS TO ELUDE;
PENALTY (§ 29.1-739.1)

A. Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal of a flashing
light or siren from any conservation police officer or other law-enforcement
officer to bring his motorboat or other vessel, or seaplane to a stop, fails to
do so promptly shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

B. Any person who, having received a visible or audible signal of a flashing
light or siren from any conservation police officer or other law-enforcement
officer to bring his motorboat or other vessel, or seaplane to a stop, (i)
operates or navigates such motorboat or other vessel, or seaplane in willful or
wanton disregard of such signal so as to endanger the life of the
law-enforcement officer or other persons or to interfere with the operation of a
law-enforcement vessel, or (ii) increases his speed and attempts to escape or
elude a law-enforcement officer shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 243; 1994, c. 414; 2007, c. 87.