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This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 33 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. Unfortunately, the 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 437<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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":false,"permalink":{"id":153913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55372,"identifier":"15.2-1728","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1728","url":"\/15.2-1728\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1728\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1728","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mutual aid agreements between police departments and federal authorities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1728","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any case where exclusive jurisdiction<\/span> over any property or territory has been granted by the Commonwealth to the United States government, or to a department or agency thereof, the governing body<\/span> of any contiguous locality<\/span> or the Division of Capitol Police may enter into a mutual aid agreement with the appropriate federal authorities to authorize police cooperation and assistance within such property or territory. Subject to the conditions of any such agreement, all police officers and agents of the contracting governing body<\/span> or agency shall have the same powers, rights, benefits, privileges<\/span> and immunities while acting in the performance of their duties on the property or territory under federal authority as are lawfully conferred upon them within their own jurisdictions<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS BETWEEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES (\u00a7\n15.2-1728)\n\nIn any case where exclusive jurisdiction over any property or territory has been\ngranted by the Commonwealth to the United States government, or to a department\nor agency thereof, the governing body of any contiguous locality or the Division\nof Capitol Police may enter into a mutual aid agreement with the appropriate\nfederal authorities to authorize police cooperation and assistance within such\nproperty or territory. Subject to the conditions of any such agreement, all\npolice officers and agents of the contracting governing body or agency shall\nhave the same powers, rights, benefits, privileges and immunities while acting\nin the performance of their duties on the property or territory under federal\nauthority as are lawfully conferred upon them within their own jurisdictions.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 33, \u00a7 15.1-131.10; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 437.","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}}