Traffic infractions treated as misdemeanors for arrest purposes (§ 46.2-937)—Virginia Decoded

Traffic infractions treated as misdemeanors for arrest purposes

For purposes of arrest, traffic infractions shall be treated as misdemeanors. Except as otherwise provided by this title, the authority and duties of arresting officers shall be the same for traffic infractions as for misdemeanors.

History

1977, c. 585, § 46.1-178.01; 1989, c. 727.

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Court Decisions

Sattler v. Com. (COA, 05/16/95)
. . . criminal in nature. Code § 18.2-8. However, Code § 46.2-937 provides that "[f]or purposes of . . .

Neiss v. Com. (COA, 07/27/93)
. . . shall be treated as misdemeanors." Code § 46.2-937. Corpening had authority to arrest Neiss without . . .

Harris v. Com. (COA, 01/30/90)
. . . NOTES . . .

. . . David Lytle Jeanette Lytle Joan Maguire v. Charles D. . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 02/16/01)
. . . are treated as misdemeanors. See Va. Code Ann. S 46.2-937 (Michie's 1998). Otherwise, traffic . . .

West v. Com. (COA, 07/24/01)
. . . dismissed. . . .

Weaver v. Com. (COA, 04/13/99)
. . . infraction in North Carolina. Virginia Code § 46.2-937 provides that traffic infractions in . . .

Richard Alvin Otey v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 12/26/12)
. . . include . . .

Lytle v. Griffith (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 02/16/01)
. . . are treated as misdemeanors. See Va. Code . . .

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