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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 352<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":83808,"section_number":"44-146.13","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-146.13\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153925,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76213,"identifier":"15.2-1730.1","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1730.1","url":"\/15.2-1730.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1730.1\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/2\/15.2-1730.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority and immunity of sheriffs and deputies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1730.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In counties where no police department has been established and the sheriff is the chief law<\/span>-enforcement officer, the sheriff may enter into agreements with any other governmental entity providing law<\/span>-enforcement services in the Commonwealth, and may furnish and receive interjurisdictional law<\/span>-enforcement assistance for all law<\/span>-enforcement purposes, including those described in this chapter, and for purposes of Chapter 3.2 (\u00a7 44-146.13<\/a> et seq.) of Title 44. Sheriffs and their deputies, providing or receiving such assistance, shall have all the authority, benefits, immunity from liability and exemptions from laws<\/span>, ordinances<\/span> and regulations as officers acting within their own jurisdictions<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY AND IMMUNITY OF SHERIFFS AND DEPUTIES (\u00a7 15.2-1730.1)\n\nIn counties where no police department has been established and the sheriff is\nthe chief law-enforcement officer, the sheriff may enter into agreements with\nany other governmental entity providing law-enforcement services in the\nCommonwealth, and may furnish and receive interjurisdictional law-enforcement\nassistance for all law-enforcement purposes, including those described in this\nchapter, and for purposes of Chapter 3.2 (\u00a7 44-146.13 et seq.) of Title 44.\nSheriffs and their deputies, providing or receiving such assistance, shall have\nall the authority, benefits, immunity from liability and exemptions from laws,\nordinances and regulations as officers acting within their own jurisdictions.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 352.","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}}