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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 887<\/a> and 888<\/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":57863,"section_number":"19.2-152.13","catch_line":"Emergency substantial risk order","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-152.13\/"},{"id":54898,"section_number":"19.2-152.14","catch_line":"Substantial risk order","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-152.14\/"}],"permalink":{"id":171449,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66891,"identifier":"19.2-152.17","token":"19.2\/9.2\/19.2-152.17","url":"\/19.2-152.17\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-152.17\/","token":"19.2\/9.2\/19.2-152.17","dublin_core":{"Title":"Immunity of law-enforcement officers, etc.; chapter not exclusive","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-152.17","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> An attorney for the Commonwealth or a law<\/span>-enforcement officer shall be immune from civil liability for any act or omission related to petitioning or declining to petition<\/span> for a substantial risk order<\/span> pursuant to this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any law<\/span>-enforcement agency or law<\/span>-enforcement officer that takes into custody<\/span>, stores, possesses, or transports a firearm pursuant to § 19.2-152.13<\/a> or 19.2-152.14<\/a>, or by a search warrant<\/span> for a person who has failed to voluntarily relinquish his firearm, shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for any damage to or deterioration, loss, or theft of such firearm. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter precludes a law<\/span>-enforcement officer from conducting a search for a firearm or removing a firearm from a person under any other lawful authority. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMMUNITY OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ETC.; CHAPTER NOT EXCLUSIVE (\u00a7\n19.2-152.17)\n\nA. An attorney for the Commonwealth or a law-enforcement officer shall be immune\nfrom civil liability for any act or omission related to petitioning or declining\nto petition for a substantial risk order pursuant to this chapter.\n\nB. Any law-enforcement agency or law-enforcement officer that takes into\ncustody, stores, possesses, or transports a firearm pursuant to §\n19.2-152.13 or 19.2-152.14, or by a search warrant for a person who has failed\nto voluntarily relinquish his firearm, shall be immune from civil or criminal\nliability for any damage to or deterioration, loss, or theft of such firearm.\n\nC. Nothing in this chapter precludes a law-enforcement officer from conducting a\nsearch for a firearm or removing a firearm from a person under any other lawful\nauthority.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 887, 888.","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}}