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However, no ordinances in conflict with an ordinance of the jurisdiction wherein the property is located shall be enacted.\n\t\tAny locality which maintains or operates in whole or in part any property enumerated in this section may lawfully send its law-enforcement officers to the property owned beyond the limits of the locality for the purpose of protecting the property, keeping order therein, or otherwise enforcing the laws of the Commonwealth and ordinances of the locality owning the property as such laws and ordinances may relate to the operation and use thereof. The law-enforcement officer shall have power to make an arrest for a violation of any law or ordinance relating to the operation and use of the property. The district court in the city or town where the offense occurs shall have jurisdiction of all cases arising therein, and the district court of the county where the offense occurs shall have jurisdiction of all cases arising therein.\n\t\tIt shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the locality wherein the offense occurs to prosecute all violators of the ordinances of the locality that pertain to the operation and use of the property enumerated in this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":201434,"text":"Any locality owning and operating an airport, public hospital, sanitarium, nursing home, public water supply or watershed, public park, recreational area, sewage disposal plant or system, public landing, dock, wharf or canal, public school, public utility, public buildings and other public property located beyond the limits of the locality shall have and may exercise full police power over the property, and over persons using the property, and may, by ordinance, prescribe rules for the operation and use of the property and for the conduct of all persons using the property and may, further, provide penalties for the violation of such rules contained in an ordinance; such penalties, however, shall not exceed those provided by general law for misdemeanors. However, no ordinances in conflict with an ordinance of the jurisdiction wherein the property is located shall be enacted.\n\t\tAny locality which maintains or operates in whole or in part any property enumerated in this section may lawfully send its law-enforcement officers to the property owned beyond the limits of the locality for the purpose of protecting the property, keeping order therein, or otherwise enforcing the laws of the Commonwealth and ordinances of the locality owning the property as such laws and ordinances may relate to the operation and use thereof. The law-enforcement officer shall have power to make an arrest for a violation of any law or ordinance relating to the operation and use of the property. The district court in the city or town where the offense occurs shall have jurisdiction of all cases arising therein, and the district court of the county where the offense occurs shall have jurisdiction of all cases arising therein.\n\t\tIt shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the locality wherein the offense occurs to prosecute all violators of the ordinances of the locality that pertain to the operation and use of the property enumerated in this section.","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; jurisdiction of courts","url":"\/15.2-1725\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1725","metadata":false},{"id":59289,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1725.1","catch_line":"Concurrent jurisdiction; limitations","url":"\/15.2-1725.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1725.1","metadata":false},{"id":80081,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1726","catch_line":"Agreements for consolidation of police departments or for cooperation in furnishing police services","url":"\/15.2-1726\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1726","metadata":false},{"id":56465,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1727","catch_line":"Reciprocal agreements with localities outside the Commonwealth","url":"\/15.2-1727\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1727","metadata":false},{"id":55372,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1728","catch_line":"Mutual aid agreements between police departments and federal authorities","url":"\/15.2-1728\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1728","metadata":false},{"id":72809,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1729","catch_line":"Agreements for enforcement of state and county laws by federal officers on federal property","url":"\/15.2-1729\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1729","metadata":false},{"id":87390,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1730","catch_line":"Calling upon law-enforcement officers of counties, cities or towns for assistance","url":"\/15.2-1730\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1730","metadata":false},{"id":76213,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1730.1","catch_line":"Authority and immunity of sheriffs and deputies","url":"\/15.2-1730.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1730.1","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"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},"next_section":{"id":59289,"structure_id":13878,"section_number":"15.2-1725.1","catch_line":"Concurrent jurisdiction; limitations","url":"\/15.2-1725.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1725.1","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-1725\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1952, chapter 382; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1979, chapter 333; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":153897,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54907,"identifier":"15.2-1725","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1725","url":"\/15.2-1725\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1725\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1725","dublin_core":{"Title":"Extending police power of localities over lands lying beyond boundaries thereof; jurisdiction of courts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1725","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> owning and operating an airport, public hospital, sanitarium, nursing home, public water supply or watershed, public park, recreational area, sewage disposal plant or system, public landing, dock, wharf or canal, public school, public utility, public buildings and other public property located beyond the limits of the locality<\/span> shall have and may exercise full police power over the property, and over persons using the property, and may, by ordinance<\/span>, prescribe rules for the operation and use of the property and for the conduct of all persons using the property and may, further, provide penalties for the violation of such rules contained in an ordinance<\/span>; such penalties, however, shall not exceed those provided by general law<\/span> for misdemeanors<\/span>. However, no ordinances<\/span> in conflict with an ordinance<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> wherein the property is located shall be enacted.\n\t\tAny locality<\/span> which maintains or operates in whole or in part any property enumerated in this section may lawfully send its law<\/span>-enforcement officers to the property owned beyond the limits of the locality<\/span> for the purpose of protecting the property, keeping order<\/span> therein, or otherwise enforcing the laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth and ordinances<\/span> of the locality<\/span> owning the property as such laws<\/span> and ordinances<\/span> may relate to the operation and use thereof. The law<\/span>-enforcement officer shall have power to make an arrest<\/span> for a violation of any law<\/span> or ordinance<\/span> relating to the operation and use of the property. The district court<\/span> in the city<\/span> or town<\/span> where the offense<\/span> occurs shall have jurisdiction<\/span> of all cases arising therein, and the district court<\/span> of the county<\/span> where the offense<\/span> occurs shall have jurisdiction<\/span> of all cases arising therein.\n\t\tIt shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the locality<\/span> wherein the offense<\/span> occurs to prosecute<\/span> all violators of the ordinances<\/span> of the locality<\/span> that pertain to the operation and use of the property enumerated in this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXTENDING POLICE POWER OF LOCALITIES OVER LANDS LYING BEYOND BOUNDARIES THEREOF;\nJURISDICTION OF COURTS (\u00a7 15.2-1725)\n\nAny locality owning and operating an airport, public hospital, sanitarium,\nnursing home, public water supply or watershed, public park, recreational area,\nsewage disposal plant or system, public landing, dock, wharf or canal, public\nschool, public utility, public buildings and other public property located\nbeyond the limits of the locality shall have and may exercise full police power\nover the property, and over persons using the property, and may, by ordinance,\nprescribe rules for the operation and use of the property and for the conduct of\nall persons using the property and may, further, provide penalties for the\nviolation of such rules contained in an ordinance; such penalties, however,\nshall not exceed those provided by general law for misdemeanors. However, no\nordinances in conflict with an ordinance of the jurisdiction wherein the\nproperty is located shall be enacted.\n\t\tAny locality which maintains or operates in whole or in part any property\nenumerated in this section may lawfully send its law-enforcement officers to the\nproperty owned beyond the limits of the locality for the purpose of protecting\nthe property, keeping order therein, or otherwise enforcing the laws of the\nCommonwealth and ordinances of the locality owning the property as such laws and\nordinances may relate to the operation and use thereof. The law-enforcement\nofficer shall have power to make an arrest for a violation of any law or\nordinance relating to the operation and use of the property. The district court\nin the city or town where the offense occurs shall have jurisdiction of all\ncases arising therein, and the district court of the county where the offense\noccurs shall have jurisdiction of all cases arising therein.\n\t\tIt shall be the duty of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the locality\nwherein the offense occurs to prosecute all violators of the ordinances of the\nlocality that pertain to the operation and use of the property enumerated in\nthis section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-560.1; 1952, c. 382; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-142; 1979,\nc. 333; 1997, c. 587.","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}}