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However, no such institution of higher learning shall enter into such agreement with another institution of higher education in a noncontiguous locality without the consent of all localities within which such institutions are located. Any police or other law-enforcement officer, regular or auxiliary, while performing his duty under any such contract or agreement, shall have the same authority in such locality as he has within the locality where he was appointed.\n\t\tIn counties where no police department has been established, the sheriff may, in his discretion, enter into mutual aid agreements as provided by this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":300731,"text":"The governing bodies of localities, institutions of higher learning having a police force appointed pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 23.1-812, and institutions of higher education having a private police force, as well as sheriffs, and the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation with commissioned conservation officers, or any combination thereof may, by proper resolutions, enter in and become a party to contracts or mutual aid agreements for the use of their joint forces, both regular and auxiliary, their equipment and materials to maintain peace and good order, including providing transportation for such person subject to an emergency custody order pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-808 or providing transportation for a person in the temporary detention process pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-810. However, no such institution of higher learning shall enter into such agreement with another institution of higher education in a noncontiguous locality without the consent of all localities within which such institutions are located. Any police or other law-enforcement officer, regular or auxiliary, while performing his duty under any such contract or agreement, shall have the same authority in such locality as he has within the locality where he was appointed.\n\t\tIn counties where no police department has been established, the sheriff may, in his discretion, enter into mutual aid agreements as provided by this section.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14653,"edition_id":1,"name":"Auxiliary Police Forces in Localities","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13482,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:10","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:10","permalink":{"id":153929,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14653,"identifier":"3","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3","url":"\/15.2\/II\/17\/3\/","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":79396,"structure_id":14653,"section_number":"15.2-1731","catch_line":"Establishment, etc., authorized; powers, authority and immunities generally","url":"\/15.2-1731\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1731","metadata":false},{"id":56233,"structure_id":14653,"section_number":"15.2-1732","catch_line":"Appropriations for equipment and maintenance","url":"\/15.2-1732\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1732","metadata":false},{"id":69908,"structure_id":14653,"section_number":"15.2-1733","catch_line":"Appointment of auxiliary police officers; revocation of appointment; uniform; organization; rules and regulations","url":"\/15.2-1733\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1733","metadata":false},{"id":62848,"structure_id":14653,"section_number":"15.2-1734","catch_line":"Calling auxiliary police officers into service; police officers performing service to wear uniform; exception","url":"\/15.2-1734\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1734","metadata":false},{"id":85504,"structure_id":14653,"section_number":"15.2-1735","catch_line":"Acting beyond limits of jurisdiction of locality","url":"\/15.2-1735\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1735","metadata":false},{"id":83919,"structure_id":14653,"section_number":"15.2-1736","catch_line":"Mutual aid agreements among governing bodies of localities","url":"\/15.2-1736\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1736","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":85504,"structure_id":14653,"section_number":"15.2-1735","catch_line":"Acting beyond limits of jurisdiction of locality","url":"\/15.2-1735\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1735","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/15.2-1736\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 157 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 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 1987, chapter 421; in 1994, chapter 268<\/a>; in 1997, chapters 587<\/a> and 604<\/a>; in 2002, chapters 684<\/a>, 709<\/a>, and 876<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 87<\/a>; in 2006, chapter 286<\/a>; in 2009, chapters 461<\/a> and 609<\/a>; in 2010, chapter 523<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 730<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66005,"section_number":"10.1-116","catch_line":"Jurisdiction of conservation officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-116\/"},{"id":85504,"section_number":"15.2-1735","catch_line":"Acting beyond limits of jurisdiction of locality","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1735\/"}],"refers_to":[{"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":79706,"section_number":"37.2-810","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Transportation of person in the temporary detention process","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-810\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153951,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83919,"identifier":"15.2-1736","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1736","url":"\/15.2-1736\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1736\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1736","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mutual aid agreements among governing bodies of localities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1736","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing bodies of localities, institutions of higher learning having a police force appointed pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 23.1-812<\/a>, and institutions of higher education having a private police force, as well as sheriffs, and the Director of the Department of Conservation and Recreation with commissioned conservation officers, or any combination thereof may, by proper resolutions, enter in and become a party<\/span> to contracts<\/span> or mutual aid agreements for the use of their joint forces, both regular and auxiliary, their equipment and materials<\/span> to maintain peace and good order<\/span>, including providing transportation for such person subject to an emergency custody<\/span> order<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-808<\/a> or providing transportation for a person in the temporary detention process pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-810<\/a>. However, no such institution of higher learning shall enter into such agreement with another institution of higher education in a noncontiguous locality<\/span> without the consent of all localities within which such institutions are located. Any police or other law<\/span>-enforcement officer, regular or auxiliary, while performing his duty under any such contract<\/span> or agreement, shall have the same authority in such locality<\/span> as he has within the locality<\/span> where he was appointed.\n\t\tIn counties where no police department has been established, the sheriff may, in his discretion, enter into mutual aid agreements as provided by this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS AMONG GOVERNING BODIES OF LOCALITIES (\u00a7 15.2-1736)\n\nThe governing bodies of localities, institutions of higher learning having a\npolice force appointed pursuant to subsection B of \u00a7 23.1-812, and institutions\nof higher education having a private police force, as well as sheriffs, and the\nDirector of the Department of Conservation and Recreation with commissioned\nconservation officers, or any combination thereof may, by proper resolutions,\nenter in and become a party to contracts or mutual aid agreements for the use of\ntheir joint forces, both regular and auxiliary, their equipment and materials to\nmaintain peace and good order, including providing transportation for such\nperson subject to an emergency custody order pursuant to \u00a7 37.2-808 or\nproviding transportation for a person in the temporary detention process\npursuant to \u00a7 37.2-810. However, no such institution of higher learning shall\nenter into such agreement with another institution of higher education in a\nnoncontiguous locality without the consent of all localities within which such\ninstitutions are located. Any police or other law-enforcement officer, regular\nor auxiliary, while performing his duty under any such contract or agreement,\nshall have the same authority in such locality as he has within the locality\nwhere he was appointed.\n\t\tIn counties where no police department has been established, the sheriff may,\nin his discretion, enter into mutual aid agreements as provided by this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 157, \u00a7 15.1-159.7; 1987, c. 421; 1994, c. 268; 1997, cc. 587,\n604; 2002, cc. 684, 709, 876; 2005, c. 87; 2006, c. 286; 2009, cc. 461, 609;\n2010, c. 523; 2022, c. 730.","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}}