§ 15.2-1512.5 Authority of local government employees to issue summonses for misdemeanor violations of certain local ordinances
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a locality may appoint and train local government employees to enforce local ordinances within the scope of the employee’s employment by issuing summonses for misdemeanor violations of ordinances, except those offenses listed in Title 18.2 or Chapter 8 (§ 46.2-800 et seq.) of Title 46.2 or those violations of local ordinances for offenses that are substantially similar to such offenses. Such employees shall not have the power and authority of constables at common law; their power shall be limited to issuing such summonses in their locality.
History
This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 144 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.
2020, c. 144.