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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 205<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter 87<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 64<\/a> and 489<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62641,"section_number":"10.1-115","catch_line":"Appointment of conservation officers; qualifications; oath","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-115\/"},{"id":83919,"section_number":"15.2-1736","catch_line":"Mutual aid agreements among governing bodies of localities","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1736\/"}],"permalink":{"id":143453,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66005,"identifier":"10.1-116","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-116","url":"\/10.1-116\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-116\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-116","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction of conservation officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-116","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Conservation officers shall have jurisdiction<\/span> throughout the Commonwealth on all Department<\/span> lands and waters and upon lands and waters under the management or control of the Department<\/span>, on property of the United States government or a department<\/span> or agency thereof on which the Commonwealth has concurrent jurisdiction<\/span> and is contiguous with land of the Department<\/span> or on which the Department<\/span> has a management interest, on property operated by the Breaks Interstate Park Commission within the Commonwealth of Virginia with the written agreement of the Commission, on a property of another state agency or department<\/span> whose property is contiguous with land of the Department<\/span>, and in those local jurisdictions<\/span> in which mutual aid agreements have been established pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-1736<\/a>.\n\t\tSpecial conservation officers appointed pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-115<\/a> shall have jurisdiction<\/span> throughout the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS (\u00a7 10.1-116)\n\nConservation officers shall have jurisdiction throughout the Commonwealth on all\nDepartment lands and waters and upon lands and waters under the management or\ncontrol of the Department, on property of the United States government or a\ndepartment or agency thereof on which the Commonwealth has concurrent\njurisdiction and is contiguous with land of the Department or on which the\nDepartment has a management interest, on property operated by the Breaks\nInterstate Park Commission within the Commonwealth of Virginia with the written\nagreement of the Commission, on a property of another state agency or department\nwhose property is contiguous with land of the Department, and in those local\njurisdictions in which mutual aid agreements have been established pursuant to\n\u00a7 15.2-1736.\n\t\tSpecial conservation officers appointed pursuant to \u00a7 10.1-115 shall have\njurisdiction throughout the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 205; 2005, c. 87; 2015, cc. 64, 489.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}