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Sess., c. 238; 1976, c. 457; 1977, c. 79; 1979, c. 503; 1984, c. 779; 1992, c. 566; 1993, c. 860; 1995, c. 844; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 437; 2010, cc. 778, 825; 2013, c. 428; 2020, c. 122.","full_text":"Whenever the necessity arises (i) for the enforcement of laws designed to control or prohibit the use or sale of controlled drugs as defined in \u00a7 54.1-3401 or laws contained in Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-47 et seq.) of Chapter 4 or Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-346 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2, (ii) in response to any law-enforcement emergency involving any immediate threat to life or public safety, (iii) during the execution of the provisions of Article 4 (\u00a7 37.2-808 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 37.2 or \u00a7 16.1-340 or 16.1-340.1 relating to orders for temporary detention or emergency custody for mental health evaluation or (iv) during any emergency resulting from the existence of a state of war, internal disorder, or fire, flood, epidemic or other public disaster, the police officers and other officers, agents and employees of any locality, the police officers of the Division of Capitol Police, and the police of any state-supported institution of higher learning appointed pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 23.1-812 may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or be sent beyond the territorial limits of such locality, such agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning to any point within or without the Commonwealth to assist in meeting such emergency or need, or while en route to a part of the jurisdiction which is only accessible by roads outside the jurisdiction. However, the police of any state-supported institution of higher learning may be sent only to a locality within the Commonwealth, or locality outside the Commonwealth, whose boundaries are contiguous with the locality in which such institution is located. No member of a police force of any state-supported institution of higher learning shall be sent beyond the territorial limits of the locality in which such institution is located unless such member has met the requirements established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services as provided in clause (i) of subdivision 2 of \u00a7 9.1-102.\n\t\tIn such event the acts performed for such purpose by such police officers or other officers, agents or employees and the expenditures made for such purpose by such locality, such agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning shall be deemed conclusively to be for a public and governmental purpose, and all of the immunities from liability enjoyed by a locality, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning when acting through its police officers or other officers, agents or employees for a public or governmental purpose within its territorial limits shall be enjoyed by it to the same extent when such locality, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning within the Commonwealth is so acting, under this section or under other lawful authority, beyond its territorial limits.\n\t\tThe police officers and other officers, agents and employees of any locality, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning when acting hereunder or under other lawful authority beyond the territorial limits of such locality, agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning shall have all of the immunities from liability and exemptions from laws, ordinances and regulations and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workers’ compensation and other benefits enjoyed by them while performing their respective duties within the territorial limits of such locality, agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":220380,"text":"Whenever the necessity arises (i) for the enforcement of laws designed to control or prohibit the use or sale of controlled drugs as defined in \u00a7 54.1-3401 or laws contained in Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-47 et seq.) of Chapter 4 or Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-346 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2, (ii) in response to any law-enforcement emergency involving any immediate threat to life or public safety, (iii) during the execution of the provisions of Article 4 (\u00a7 37.2-808 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 37.2 or \u00a7 16.1-340 or 16.1-340.1 relating to orders for temporary detention or emergency custody for mental health evaluation or (iv) during any emergency resulting from the existence of a state of war, internal disorder, or fire, flood, epidemic or other public disaster, the police officers and other officers, agents and employees of any locality, the police officers of the Division of Capitol Police, and the police of any state-supported institution of higher learning appointed pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 23.1-812 may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or be sent beyond the territorial limits of such locality, such agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning to any point within or without the Commonwealth to assist in meeting such emergency or need, or while en route to a part of the jurisdiction which is only accessible by roads outside the jurisdiction. However, the police of any state-supported institution of higher learning may be sent only to a locality within the Commonwealth, or locality outside the Commonwealth, whose boundaries are contiguous with the locality in which such institution is located. No member of a police force of any state-supported institution of higher learning shall be sent beyond the territorial limits of the locality in which such institution is located unless such member has met the requirements established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services as provided in clause (i) of subdivision 2 of \u00a7 9.1-102.\n\t\tIn such event the acts performed for such purpose by such police officers or other officers, agents or employees and the expenditures made for such purpose by such locality, such agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning shall be deemed conclusively to be for a public and governmental purpose, and all of the immunities from liability enjoyed by a locality, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning when acting through its police officers or other officers, agents or employees for a public or governmental purpose within its territorial limits shall be enjoyed by it to the same extent when such locality, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning within the Commonwealth is so acting, under this section or under other lawful authority, beyond its territorial limits.\n\t\tThe police officers and other officers, agents and employees of any locality, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning when acting hereunder or under other lawful authority beyond the territorial limits of such locality, agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning shall have all of the immunities from liability and exemptions from laws, ordinances and regulations and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workers’ compensation and other benefits enjoyed by them while performing their respective duties within the territorial limits of such locality, agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13878,"edition_id":1,"name":"Interjurisdictional Law-Enforcement Authority and Agreements","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13482,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:09","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:09","permalink":{"id":153891,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13878,"identifier":"2","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2","url":"\/15.2\/II\/17\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13482,"edition_id":1,"name":"Police and Public Order","identifier":"17","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12733,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:59","permalink":{"id":153747,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13482,"identifier":"17","token":"15.2\/II\/17","url":"\/15.2\/II\/17\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12733,"edition_id":1,"name":"Powers of Local Government","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12720,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:50","permalink":{"id":152369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12733,"identifier":"II","token":"15.2\/II","url":"\/15.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12720,"edition_id":1,"name":"Counties, Cities and Towns","identifier":"15.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":151279,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12720,"identifier":"15.2","token":"15.2","url":"\/15.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60256,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1724","catch_line":"Police and other officers may be sent beyond territorial limits","url":"\/15.2-1724\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1724","metadata":false},{"id":54907,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1725","catch_line":"Extending police power of localities over lands lying beyond boundaries thereof; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 14 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 1962, chapter 623; in 1968, chapter 800; in 1976, chapter 457; in 1977, chapter 79; in 1979, chapter 503; in 1984, chapter 779; in 1992, chapter 566; in 1993, chapter 860; in 1995, chapter 844<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 437<\/a>; in 2010, chapters 778<\/a> and 825<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 428<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 122<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72809,"section_number":"15.2-1729","catch_line":"Agreements for enforcement of state and county laws by federal officers on federal property","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1729\/"},{"id":68320,"section_number":"30-34.2:1","catch_line":"Powers, duties and functions of Capitol Police","order_by":null,"url":"\/30-34.2_1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75459,"section_number":"16.1-340","catch_line":"Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-340\/"},{"id":68740,"section_number":"16.1-340.1","catch_line":"Involuntary temporary detention; issuance and execution of order","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-340.1\/"},{"id":79810,"section_number":"18.2-346","catch_line":"Prostitution; commercial sexual conduct; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-346\/"},{"id":60862,"section_number":"18.2-47","catch_line":"Abduction and kidnapping defined; forced labor; punishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-47\/"},{"id":74144,"section_number":"23.1-812","catch_line":"Appointment of campus police officers and members of an auxiliary police force","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-812\/"},{"id":61742,"section_number":"37.2-808","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-808\/"},{"id":59669,"section_number":"54.1-3401","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3401\/"},{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153893,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60256,"identifier":"15.2-1724","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1724","url":"\/15.2-1724\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1724\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1724","dublin_core":{"Title":"Police and other officers may be sent beyond territorial limits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1724","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the necessity arises (i) for the enforcement of laws<\/span> designed to control or prohibit the use or sale of controlled drugs as defined in \u00a7 54.1-3401<\/a> or laws<\/span> contained in Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-47<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 or Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-346<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2, (ii) in response to any law<\/span>-enforcement emergency involving any immediate threat to life or public safety, (iii) during the execution of the provisions of Article 4 (\u00a7 37.2-808<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 37.2 or \u00a7 16.1-340<\/a> or 16.1-340.1<\/a> relating to orders<\/span> for temporary detention or emergency custody<\/span> for mental health evaluation or (iv) during any emergency resulting from the existence of a state of war, internal disorder, or fire, flood, epidemic or other public disaster, the police officers and other officers, agents and employees of any locality<\/span>, the police officers of the Division of Capitol Police, and the police of any state-supported institution of higher learning appointed pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 23.1-812<\/a> may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or be sent beyond the territorial limits of such locality<\/span>, such agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning to any point within or without the Commonwealth to assist in meeting such emergency or need, or while en route to a part of the jurisdiction<\/span> which is only accessible by roads outside the jurisdiction<\/span>. However, the police of any state-supported institution of higher learning may be sent only to a locality<\/span> within the Commonwealth, or locality<\/span> outside the Commonwealth, whose boundaries are contiguous with the locality<\/span> in which such institution is located. No member of a police force of any state-supported institution of higher learning shall be sent beyond the territorial limits of the locality<\/span> in which such institution is located unless such member has met the requirements established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services as provided in clause (i) of subdivision 2 of \u00a7 9.1-102<\/a>.\n\t\tIn such event the acts performed for such purpose by such police officers or other officers, agents or employees and the expenditures made for such purpose by such locality<\/span>, such agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning shall be deemed conclusively to be for a public and governmental purpose, and all of the immunities from liability enjoyed by a locality<\/span>, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning when acting through its police officers or other officers, agents or employees for a public or governmental purpose within its territorial limits shall be enjoyed by it to the same extent when such locality<\/span>, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning within the Commonwealth is so acting, under this section or under other lawful authority, beyond its territorial limits.\n\t\tThe police officers and other officers, agents and employees of any locality<\/span>, agency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning when acting hereunder or under other lawful authority beyond the territorial limits of such locality<\/span>, agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning shall have all of the immunities from liability and exemptions from laws<\/span>, ordinances<\/span> and regulations and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workers’ compensation and other benefits enjoyed by them while performing their respective duties within the territorial limits of such locality<\/span>, agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLICE AND OTHER OFFICERS MAY BE SENT BEYOND TERRITORIAL LIMITS (\u00a7 15.2-1724)\n\nWhenever the necessity arises (i) for the enforcement of laws designed to\ncontrol or prohibit the use or sale of controlled drugs as defined in \u00a7\n54.1-3401 or laws contained in Article 3 (\u00a7 18.2-47 et seq.) of Chapter 4 or\nArticle 3 (\u00a7 18.2-346 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2, (ii) in response to\nany law-enforcement emergency involving any immediate threat to life or public\nsafety, (iii) during the execution of the provisions of Article 4 (\u00a7 37.2-808\net seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 37.2 or \u00a7 16.1-340 or 16.1-340.1 relating to\norders for temporary detention or emergency custody for mental health evaluation\nor (iv) during any emergency resulting from the existence of a state of war,\ninternal disorder, or fire, flood, epidemic or other public disaster, the police\nofficers and other officers, agents and employees of any locality, the police\nofficers of the Division of Capitol Police, and the police of any\nstate-supported institution of higher learning appointed pursuant to subsection\nB of \u00a7 23.1-812 may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or be\nsent beyond the territorial limits of such locality, such agency, or such\nstate-supported institution of higher learning to any point within or without\nthe Commonwealth to assist in meeting such emergency or need, or while en route\nto a part of the jurisdiction which is only accessible by roads outside the\njurisdiction. However, the police of any state-supported institution of higher\nlearning may be sent only to a locality within the Commonwealth, or locality\noutside the Commonwealth, whose boundaries are contiguous with the locality in\nwhich such institution is located. No member of a police force of any\nstate-supported institution of higher learning shall be sent beyond the\nterritorial limits of the locality in which such institution is located unless\nsuch member has met the requirements established by the Department of Criminal\nJustice Services as provided in clause (i) of subdivision 2 of \u00a7 9.1-102.\n\t\tIn such event the acts performed for such purpose by such police officers or\nother officers, agents or employees and the expenditures made for such purpose\nby such locality, such agency, or a state-supported institution of higher\nlearning shall be deemed conclusively to be for a public and governmental\npurpose, and all of the immunities from liability enjoyed by a locality, agency,\nor a state-supported institution of higher learning when acting through its\npolice officers or other officers, agents or employees for a public or\ngovernmental purpose within its territorial limits shall be enjoyed by it to the\nsame extent when such locality, agency, or a state-supported institution of\nhigher learning within the Commonwealth is so acting, under this section or\nunder other lawful authority, beyond its territorial limits.\n\t\tThe police officers and other officers, agents and employees of any locality,\nagency, or a state-supported institution of higher learning when acting\nhereunder or under other lawful authority beyond the territorial limits of such\nlocality, agency, or such state-supported institution of higher learning shall\nhave all of the immunities from liability and exemptions from laws, ordinances\nand regulations and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability,\nworkers’ compensation and other benefits enjoyed by them while performing\ntheir respective duties within the territorial limits of such locality, agency,\nor such state-supported institution of higher learning.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-552; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-131; 1968, c. 800; 1971,\nEx. Sess., c. 238; 1976, c. 457; 1977, c. 79; 1979, c. 503; 1984, c. 779; 1992,\nc. 566; 1993, c. 860; 1995, c. 844; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 437; 2010, cc. 778,\n825; 2013, c. 428; 2020, c. 122.","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}}