Re: DIP Charge in Virginia
Re: DIP Charge in Virginia
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§ 18.2-388. Profane swearing and intoxication in public; penalty; 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 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.)
Is the above the charge?
In any event, Virginia has an automated public access court records system. You should be able to locate the appropriate county, search your name, and see what everybody else will see were they to do a background check on you. If the offense occurred in any county in which you have ever lived or gone to school, consider it an automatic that these records will be searched.
Link to general district courts:
http://epwsgdp1.courts.state.va.us/g...anding=landing
Re: DIP Charge in Virginia
yes that is the above charge. Public Intoxication.