CHAPTER 400

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-570 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the authority or jurisdiction of special policemen appointed by
circuit courts.

[S 67]
Approved April 3, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

aa That § 15-570 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted, as
ollows:

§ 15-570. The jurisdiction and authority of such police shall extend
no further than the limits of the county in which they are appointed, and
a copy of the order of appointment made by the court, attested by the
clerk of such court, shall in all cases be received as evidence of their
official character. But the authority of such police shall extend throughout
the State when actually in pursuit of persons accused of crime and when
acting under authority of a duly executed warrant for the arrest of persons
accused of committing crime.

However, the jurisdiction and authority of such police upon an order
entered of record by the circuit court of an adjoining county, or by the
judge thereof in vacation, may be extended into such adjoining county or
into such part thereof as said order may designate, provided such authority
shall not extend into an incorporated town.