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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0498\">498<\/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":[{"id":73488,"section_number":"9.1-101","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-101\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59436,"section_number":"15.2-1700","catch_line":"Preservation of peace and good order","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1700\/"},{"id":78495,"section_number":"15.2-1705","catch_line":"Minimum qualifications; waiver","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1705\/"},{"id":85175,"section_number":"15.2-1706","catch_line":"Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers; waiver of requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1706\/"},{"id":86401,"section_number":"3.2-6500","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-6500\/"},{"id":73488,"section_number":"9.1-101","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152267,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74453,"identifier":"15.2-836.1","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-836.1","url":"\/15.2-836.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-836.1\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-836.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Animal protection police officer","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-836.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The department of police, if established in accordance with Chapter 17 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Preservation of peace and good order\" href=\"\/15.2-1700\/\">15.2-1700<\/a> et seq.), may include an animal protection police officer who shall have all of the powers of an animal control officer, as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/3.2-6500\/\">3.2-6500<\/a>, conferred by general <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> and one or more deputy animal protection police officers to assist the animal protection police officer in the performance of his duties. An animal protection officer and his deputies also shall have all of the powers vested in <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officers, as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions\" href=\"\/9.1-101\/\">9.1-101<\/a>, if they meet the minimum qualifications and have been certified under \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Minimum qualifications; waiver\" href=\"\/15.2-1705\/\">15.2-1705<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers; waiver of requirements\" href=\"\/15.2-1706\/\">15.2-1706<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nANIMAL PROTECTION POLICE OFFICER (\u00a7 15.2-836.1)\n\nThe department of police, if established in accordance with Chapter 17 (\u00a7\n15.2-1700 et seq.), may include an animal protection police officer who shall\nhave all of the powers of an animal control officer, as defined in \u00a7 3.2-6500,\nconferred by general law and one or more deputy animal protection police\nofficers to assist the animal protection police officer in the performance of\nhis duties. An animal protection officer and his deputies also shall have all of\nthe powers vested in law-enforcement officers, as defined in \u00a7 9.1-101, if they\nmeet the minimum qualifications and have been certified under \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-1705 and\n15.2-1706.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 498.","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}}