The Director shall appoint regular and special conservation police officers as he may deem necessary to enforce the game and inland fish laws and shall issue a certificate of appointment to each conservation police officer. Any special conservation police officer initially appointed after October 1, 2009, shall have a valid registration as a Special Conservator of the Peace from the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Va. Code Ann. § 29.1-200
Appointment of conservation police officers
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 40 Va. App. 59 - Pound v. Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (2003)
Most recently applied in 40 Va. App. 59 - Pound v. Department of Game & Inland Fisheries (March 2003)
Code 1950, §§ 29-24, 29-28; 1952, c. 608; 1979, c. 264; 1987, c. 488; 1994, c. 641; 2007, c. 87; 2009, c. 355; 2020, c. 671.
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