{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/19.2-18.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/19.2-18.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/19.2-18.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/19.2-18.html"}],"law_id":73982,"edition_id":1,"section_id":73982,"structure_id":15938,"section_number":"19.2-18","catch_line":"Powers and duties generally","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-20; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1972, c. 549; 1975, c. 495.","full_text":"Every conservator of the peace shall have authority to arrest without a warrant in such instances as are set out in \u00a7\u00a7 19.2-19 and 19.2-81. Upon making an arrest without a warrant, the conservator of the peace shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7 19.2-22 or \u00a7 19.2-82 as the case may be.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":266082,"text":"Every conservator of the peace shall have authority to arrest without a warrant in such instances as are set out in \u00a7\u00a7 19.2-19 and 19.2-81. 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It has been modified 4 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1968, chapter 639; in 1972, chapter 549; in 1975, chapter 495.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78852,"section_number":"19.2-19","catch_line":"Recognizance to keep the peace; when required","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-19\/"},{"id":62458,"section_number":"19.2-22","catch_line":"Same; arrest without a warrant","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-22\/"},{"id":60675,"section_number":"19.2-81","catch_line":"Arrest without warrant authorized in certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-81\/"},{"id":61276,"section_number":"19.2-82","catch_line":"Procedure upon arrest without warrant","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-82\/"}],"permalink":{"id":169897,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73982,"identifier":"19.2-18","token":"19.2\/2\/2\/19.2-18","url":"\/19.2-18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-18\/","token":"19.2\/2\/2\/19.2-18","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-18","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every conservator of the peace shall have authority to <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span> without a warrant in such instances as are set out in \u00a7\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Recognizance to keep the peace; when required\" href=\"\/19.2-19\/\">19.2-19<\/a> and <a class=\"law\" title=\"Arrest without warrant authorized in certain cases\" href=\"\/19.2-81\/\">19.2-81<\/a>. Upon making an <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span> without a warrant, the conservator of the peace shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Same; arrest without a warrant\" href=\"\/19.2-22\/\">19.2-22<\/a> or \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Procedure upon arrest without warrant\" href=\"\/19.2-82\/\">19.2-82<\/a> as the case may be.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY (\u00a7 19.2-18)\n\nEvery conservator of the peace shall have authority to arrest without a warrant\nin such instances as are set out in \u00a7\u00a7 19.2-19 and 19.2-81. Upon making an\narrest without a warrant, the conservator of the peace shall proceed in\naccordance with the provisions of \u00a7 19.2-22 or \u00a7 19.2-82 as the case may be.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-20; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1972, c. 549; 1975,\nc. 495.","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}}