{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-388","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 18.2-388","heading":"Intoxication in public; penalty; transportation of public inebriates to detoxification center","body":"If any person is intoxicated in public, whether such intoxication results from alcohol, narcotic drug, or other intoxicant or drug of whatever nature, he is 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 1950, § 18.1-237; 1960, c. 358; 1964, c. 434; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1979, c. 654; 1982, c. 666; 1983, c. 187; 1990, c. 965; 2020, c. 160.","path":["Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally","Chapter 8. Crimes Involving Morals and Decency","Article 5. Obscenity and Related Offenses"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-388/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:34Z","sha256":"bdb8c798c51ef585cd3c0231aff228c6b9cbae8a170fcd6c40c1237943b8c650","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-387.1","next":"us-va/va.-code-18.2-389"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}