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Law Enforcement

1968
An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 506 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 7, 1950, relating to the carrying of loaded firearms on highways in certain counties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18.1-849 of the Code of Virginia, relating to minors in public poolrooms or billiard rooms. CH 884
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8, 10 and 11, as amended, of Chapter 803 of the Acts of Assembly ‘of. 1944, approved March 29, 1944, which provided a system of pensions and retirements of police departments of certain counties, the amended sections relating to disability retirement, salary deductions and investment of funds. —
An Act to provide when warrants may issue for certain violations; conditions precedent or to be fulfilled before issuance of such warrants.
An Act to amend and reenact various sections of Chapter 127 of the Acts of Assembly of 1964, relating to the governance and administrative powers of the town of Blacksburg.
An Act to amend and reenact § 14.1-80 of the Code of Virginia, relating to manner of payment of certain items in budgets of sheriffs and sergeants.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-416.1, to require the use throughout the Commonwealth of uniform summons in certain cases of motor vehicle law violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-842 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to liquidated damages for violation of weight limits, powers of enforcement officers and forfeiture of vehicle and cargo.
An Act to amend and reenact § 33-287 of the Code of Virginia, relating to shooting in or along road or in a street.
An Act to amend and reenact § 51-158, of the Code of Virginia, relating to disability retirement allowance for State Police officers.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.1-254.1, relating to the obstruction of free passage.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.1-19.6 so as to permit State officers to take fingerprints and photographs of persons charged with certain offenses; and to repeal § 52-4.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters.
An Act to provide a charter for the city of Radford and to repeal Chapter 875 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, as amended, which provided a charter for the city of Radford. rH 882]
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.1-81:1, relating to the possession of explosive devices or substances.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.1-69.2 so as to prohibit the pointing or brandishing of firearms or certain other objects in a certain manner; to provide a penalty; and to exempt police officers from civil liability under certain conditions.
An Act to permit the deputy sheriff in certain counties to also serve as dog warden of such county and as town sergeant of the county seat of such county.
An Act to amend and reenact § 19.1-19.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to offenses required to be reported to the Central Criminal Records Exchange.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 53-23.1 relating to confiscation of prohibited articles found in any penal institution.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18.1-9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to punishment for misdemeanors.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-206.9, 53-206.10 and 58-206.11 of the Code of Virginia, relating to expenses of regional jails and jail farms; transportation of prisoners thereto; contributions thereto by the State.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-67, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to interest in contracts with and claims against counties.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 5.1-2, 5.1-28 and 52-8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain powers of the State Corporation Commission to enforce State laws and its rules and regulations concerning aircraft and related subjects and the authority of the State Police to investigate certain aircraft accidents.
An Act to provide when merged counties and cities, or combination of merged counties and cities, may have the services of the State Police.
An Act to amend and reenact § 7, as amended, of Chapter 180 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 9, 1942, known as the Elizabeth River Tunnel Revenue Bond Act, the section relating to incidental powers of the Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by the addition of a new section numbered 18.1-88.1, relating to a new crime of breaking and entering with the intent to commit assault or other misdemeanor.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-413.1 to require the appearance of prosecuting attorneys in certain cases involving motor vehicle law violations.
An Act to establish a Law Enforcement Officers Training Standards Commission and authorize it to recommend minimum compulsory standards for the training of law enforcement officers.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18.1-260 of the Code of Virginia, relating to possession or use of machine guns in connection with crimes; penalties.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-514 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition of loitering; curfew for minors.
An Act to amend and reenact § 19.1-19.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the duties and authority of the Central Criminal Records Exchange.
An Act to amend Chapter 116 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1948 approved March 5, 1948, providing a charter for the City of Richmond, by adding sections numbered 17.87:1 and 17.87:2 granting the Council authority to create a Department of Planning and Community Development and prescribing the functions of the said department and the qualifications of the director thereof, and to amend and reenact §§ 2.04, 4.01, 5.08, 5.1.1, 7.02, 9.08, 9.07, 9.08, 17.02, 17.08, 17.11, 18.08, 19.02 and 19.04, as severally amended, of said Chapter concerning the removal of inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicles or parts thereof from public or private property; salaries and allowances for members of the Council; the title of the head of the Budget Bureau and the classification of such person; the classification and qualifications of the Director of General Services; the purposes for which bonds or notes may be issued; the employment of trainees; the classification of the Budget Officer; notice to be given by persons desiring a hearing before the Personnel Board and the time within which such hearing shall be held; the composition of the Planning Commission; the employment of the Director of Planning and employees by the Planning Commission; special permits for the use of land, buildings and structures; eminent domain proceedings; the appointment of judges of the municipal courts, and the filling of vacancies in the offices of judges of the municipal courts.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 28.1-48, 28.1-49 and 28.1-50, as severally amended, and 28.1-58 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licenses for fishing devices, size of fish that may be caught, taking of channel bass and rockfish and extension of nets across water; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 28.1-51.1, to prescribe the period when certain fishing devices not to be used an certain waters.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a new section numbered 15.1-19.1 to authorize the governing bodies of towns to employ counsel to defend such governing bodies, the members thereof and town officers and employees in certain instances and to provide for the payment of costs and expenses.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.04, 2.09, 3.01, 4.01, 5.01, 6.01, 6.07, 8.12, 10.04, 20.02, 24.01, 24.06, 24.08, 24.14 and 25.01, of Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, approved March 8, 1958, which provided a charter for the city of Newport News, and to further amend such chapter by repealing §§ 16.04, 19.08, 24.02, 24.08, 24.04, 24.05, 25.02, 25.07, 27.08, 27.14 and 27.16.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 6 of Title 18.1 an article numbered 2.1 containing sections numbered 18.1-282.1 through 18.1-282.4, relating, respectively, to definitions, certain acts constituting bribery, certain grounds not defenses to charges thereof, and penalties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 18.1, an Article 3.1, containing sections numbered 18.1-268.1 through 18.1-268.10 to regulate the possession and use of “sawed-off” shotguns; to create certain presumptions; to require registration of such weapons; to provide for issuance of search warrants for such weapons in certain cases; and to fix penalties.
An Act for the relief of Fred R. Keesee.
An Act to amend and reenact § 19.1-889, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the commitment of defendants to jail on non-payment of fines or costs; fiert facias; capias pro fine. [H 269]
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.1-78.6, so as to prohibit the possession, manufacture, distribution or use of fire bombs; definition thereof; exceptions; penalties for violations.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 15.1-514.1 to enable the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns, to authorize the regulation, restriction, or prohibition of the assembling of persons or movement of persons or vehicles under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2.1-268 of the Code of Virginia, relating to custody and distribution of reports of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia concerning specific punishments for obscenity offenses.
An Act relating to the furnishing of copies of certain reports to the Department of State Police and others.
An Act to amend and reenact § 2, as amended, of Chapter IX of Chapter 431 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 6, 1950, which provided a charter for the city of Hopewell, the amended section relating to the substitute civil and police justice. rH 420
An Act to amend and reenact § 53-37, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the release of prisoners.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 5 of Title 18.1 an article numbered 1.1 containing sections numbered 18.1-254.1 through 18.1-254.12, to define riots, routs and unlawful assemblies; to prescribe penalties for participating therein and for certain activities relating thereto including failure to disperse upon command; to exempt private citizens called upon by law enforcement officers to disperse or arrest persons unlawfully or riotously assembled from civil or criminal liability under certain circumstances.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-421, relating to the revocation of operator’s and chauffeur’s licenses, to provide for such revocations for a certain period of time upon conviction of subsequently violating § 18.1-54 or § 18.1-60 of the Code of Virginia and other laws or ordinances similar thereto within a ten-year period.
An Act to amend and reenact certain sections of the charter for the city of Danville, relating to the powers of the city, limitations on contracts, and issuance of bonds.
An Act to amend and reenact § 4-56, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to search, seizure and forfeiture of conveyances or vehicles used in violation of alcoholic beverage laws.
An Act to amend and reenact § 58-4, of the Code of Virginia, relating to employment, and removal of agents and employees, and the training of local employees engaged in the administration of the penal system.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.1-187.1, authorizing certain cities to offer and pay rewards in felony cases.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3 and 4, of Chapter 877, Acts of Assembly, 1946, approved March 28, 1946, as amended, which provided a charter for the town of Chase City, relating to the powers of the town and the administration and government of the town.
An Act to amend and reenact § 19.1-86 of the Code of Virginia, relating to whom search warrants directed; what it shall command and what it must contain.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 29-184.2 and 29-184.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to enforcement of dog laws in counties by dog wardens; and deputies thereof; how such dog wardens shall be appointed; and their compensation fixed.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 18.1-880.1 and 18.1-880.2 so as to define the term “clandestine organization”; and to require these and certain other organizations to register with the State Corporation Commission. rH 9011
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-441.2 relating to notification of revocation or suspension of certawm licenses.
An Act to prohibit the disclosure by certain persons of certain information concerning customers of telephone companies; to prohibit the inducement of such employees to make such disclosures; to prohibit the taking, copying or compiling any lists therefrom without authorization; to prohibit the conspiracy to commit such act; and to provide a penalty for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-16.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to establishment of traffic schools and attendance of traffic law violators.
An Act to amend and reenact § 54-38, of the Code of Virginia, relating to revocation of certificates of Architects, Engineers, and Surveyors.
An Act to amend and reenact § 18.1-312, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the unlawful wearing of police officer’s uniform or insignia and markings not authorized on motor vehicles.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 15.1-724, 15.1-727, 15.1-729, 15.1-734, 15.1-785, 15.1-787, 15.1-768, 15.1-769, 15.1-770, 15.1-778, 15.1-779, 15.1-788, 15.1-784, 15.1-785, 15.1-787 and 15.1-791, as severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to effecting change to urban county forms of government; powers of board of supervisors in executive form of government; tenure of county officers and employees; departments of education, assessments and law enforcement; and districts.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-414 of the Code of Virginia, relating to forms for and information to be contained in abstracts of judgments and convictions.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-418, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating generally to the forwarding and preservation of abstracts of records of convictions, forfeitures and judgments involving the operation of motor vehicles by courts or clerks thereof; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-413.1, to require officer arresting a person for violation of certain motor vehicle laws to request abstract of his record on file at the Division of Motor Vehicles.
An Act to amend and reenact § 52-7, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to bonds of police officers; liability insurance polictes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-190, as severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, concerning specific instances of reckless driving and penalties therefor; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.1-191.1, relating to misdemeanor of aiding or abetting in certain instances of reckless driving.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-63 of the Code of Virginia, relating to power of certain courts of record to remove certain officers for certain causes.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-181 of the Code of Virginia, relating to police and other officers going to other jurisdictions for emergency purposes; to provide for reciprocal agreements with the governing bodies of jurisdictions without the Commonwealth for such emergency aid.
An Act to authorize the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to establish auxiliary police forces, to prescribe the service and jurisdiction of such policemen; and to provide authority for the governing bodies of municipal corporations to enter into compacts for the mutual use of regular and auxiliary police.
An Act to authorize the Superintendent of State Police, with the approval of the Governor, to convey certain real estate and to provide for the disposition of the proceeds therefrom.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia relating to revocation of license or privilege to drive on conviction of violating certain motor vehicle laws.
An Act to amend and reenact certain sections of the charter for the town of Manassas, Virginia, relating to the police justice and emergency measures.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 56-804.1, 56-804.2:1, 56-804.4, 56-804.é 56-804.6, 56-804.6:1, 56-804.6:2, 56-804.7, 56-804.9, 56-804.11 and 56-304.12, as severally amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the registration, classification and identification of certain vehicles to cards, plates and other evidences thereof and fees therefor; and to penalties for violations.
An Act to amend and reenact § 62-187.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to obstructing watercourses.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.8, 3.9, 4.2 and 6.1 of Chapter 425 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 6, 1950, which provided a new charter for the town of Abingdon, the sections relating, respectively, to public works, utilities and property; appointment and duties of town officers; bids and purchases; and police justice. rH 8027
An Act to amend and reenact § 19.1-214 of the Code of Virginia, relating to manner and expense of lodging and boarding jurors.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-849 and 46.1-850 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to driving a motor vehicle without a license and while one’s license, permit or privilege to drive has been suspended or revoked; penalties.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 14.1 thereof, a new section numbered 14.1-78.1, relating to the maximum compensation of sheriffs and city sergeants.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.1-9.1:1, so as to authorize the appointment by the governing body of a county attorney; to provide for his compensation and duties; to whom he shall be accountable.
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-225, 46.1-226, 46.1-267 and 46.1-285, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the use of emergency, warning and identification lights and audible signals.
An Act to adopt the Driver License Compact.
An Act to provide for the licensing and regulation of polygraph examiners and fixing the fees thereof; to provide how such licenses shall be issued and revoked; and to provide penalties for violations.
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 16.1-129.2, relating to procedure in courts not of record when warrant defective.
An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-51, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to where county, city and town officers shall reside.
An Act to amend and to reenact §§ 8-2, 8-6, 6-1, 7-2, of Chapter 483, Acts of Assembly, 1962, Regular Session, approved March 31, 1962, which provided a new charter for the town of Leesburg and to amend the charter by adding sections numbered 7-8, 7-A.1 and 7-A.2.
An Act to authorize the Superintendent of State Police, subject to the approval of the Governor, to convey, under certain conditions, certain real estate owned by the Department of State Police.
1865/1866
An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 18 and 1-4 of chapter 176 of the Code of 1860.
An ACT amending section 55, chapter TS4 of the Code. concerning Officers’ Fees for taking care of Criminals,
An ACT amending the Tth section, chapter 165. as amended by act of February 8, 1865, concerning Compensation of Commonwealth’s Attorneys,
An ACT authorizing the Collection of Public Aruns.
An ACT authorizing the Auditor of Public Accounts to pay Claims of Public Officers in certain cases
An ACT to prevent and punish Unlawful Hunting.
An ACT directing the Auditor of Public Aecoants to issue his Warrant upon the Treasury in certain cases,
An ACT to authorize a Special Police to Search for Stolen Property.
An ACT amending and re-enacting section & of chapter L597 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the Jurisdiction of the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk, and creating the Office of Judge of said Court.
An ACT to provide for a High Constable for the City of Portsmouth.
An ACT for the relief of Sheritfs, Sergeants, Constables and Coroners
An ACT to amend and re-enact the act entitled an act amending the Charter of the Town of Danville, passed March 4, 1854, and incorporating into one all acts amendatory thereof.
An ACT amending the Charter of the Town of Scottsville,
An ACT amending and re-enacting the 12th section of chapter 191 of the Code of 1860.
An ACT providing for the punishment of Vagrants.