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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2015, chapters 64<\/a> and 489<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":143461,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79042,"identifier":"10.1-118","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-118","url":"\/10.1-118\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-118\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/4\/10.1-118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Decommissioning of conservation officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon separation from the Department<\/span> or the Breaks Interstate Park Commission, incapacity, death, or other good cause, the Director<\/span> may recommend in writing the decommissioning of any conservation officer to the Governor. Upon concurring with the Director<\/span>’s request, the Governor shall direct the Secretary of the Commonwealth to issue<\/span> a certificate of decommissioning to the conservation officer. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall deliver a copy of the certificate to the Director<\/span>. Upon receipt of the decommissioning certificate, the Director<\/span> shall ensure that the certificate is recorded at the office of the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any city or county in which the individual took his oath<\/span> of office.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECOMMISSIONING OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS (\u00a7 10.1-118)\n\nUpon separation from the Department or the Breaks Interstate Park Commission,\nincapacity, death, or other good cause, the Director may recommend in writing\nthe decommissioning of any conservation officer to the Governor. Upon concurring\nwith the Director’s request, the Governor shall direct the Secretary of\nthe Commonwealth to issue a certificate of decommissioning to the conservation\nofficer. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall deliver a copy of the\ncertificate to the Director. Upon receipt of the decommissioning certificate,\nthe Director shall ensure that the certificate is recorded at the office of the\nclerk of the circuit court of any city or county in which the individual took\nhis oath of office.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 205; 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}}