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General Provisions
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1700— Preservation of peace and good order
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1701— Organization of police forces
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1702— Referendum required prior to establishment of county police force
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1703— Referendum to abolish county police force
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1704— Powers and duties of police force
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1705— Minimum qualifications; waiver
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1706— Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers; waiver of requirements
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1707— Decertification of law-enforcement officers and jail officers
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1708— Notice of decertification; decertification review process
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1709— Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1710— Fees and other compensation
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1710.1— Arrest or summons quota prohibited
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1711— Providing legal fees and expenses for law-enforcement officers; repayment to locality of two-thirds of amount by Compensation Board
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1712— Employment of off-duty officers
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1713— Localities authorized to offer and pay rewards in felony and misdemeanor cases
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1713.1— Local "Crime Stoppers" programs; confidentiality
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1714— Establishing police lines, perimeters, or barricades
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1715— Authority to declare Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdictions; expenditure of funds
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1716— Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to DUI and related incidents
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1716.1— Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident, bomb threat, or malicious activation of fire alarm
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1716.2— Methamphetamine lab cleanup costs; localities may charge for reimbursement
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1717— Preventing interference with pupils at schools
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1717.1— Designation of police to enforce trespass violations
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1718— Receipt of missing child reports
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1718.1— Receipt of missing senior adult reports
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1718.2— Receipt of critically missing adult reports
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1719— Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1720— Localities authorized to license bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; disposition of unclaimed bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, and electric personal assistive mobility devices
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1721— Disposal of unclaimed firearms or other weapons in possession of sheriff or police
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1721.1— Acquisition of military property by localities
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1722— Certain records to be kept by sheriffs and chiefs of police
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1722.1— Prohibited practices; collection of data
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1723— Validation of certain police forces
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1723.1— Body-worn camera system
- Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-1723.2— (Effective July 1, 2026) Facial recognition technology; approval