City flag.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 2-2
in effectSec. 2-2. - City flag.
(a) The flag of the City shall be as described as follows: The upper two-thirds of the flag shall be a field of flag blue, the lower one-third shall be two parallel bars of flag red of equal width, and a thin line of flag white shall be imposed above each red bar; centered on the field of blue shall be imposed a white silhouette of a bare-headed bateau boatman, standing on the prow of a bateau, facing and poling toward the honor side (left), with the end of the pole extending into the upper red bar; and orbiting in an open bottomed arc around the boatman shall be nine stars of flag white, representing the states of which Richmond was once capital.
(b) The City flag shall be displayed in proportions of three hoist (height) to five fly (length).
(Code 1993, § 2-2; Code 2004, § 2-2; Code 2015, § 2-2; Code 2020, § 2-2)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICICO_CH2AD_ARTIINGE_S2-2CIFLFetched: 11/8/2026
