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The local governing body may only petition the circuit court for such concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to a request by the local law-enforcement agency.C\n\nEach public institution of higher education and private institution of higher education that establishes a campus police force pursuant to this article shall enter into and become a party to a mutual aid agreement with an adjacent local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police for the use of their regular and auxiliary joint forces, equipment, and materials when needed in the investigation of any felony criminal sexual assault or medically unattended death occurring on property owned or controlled by such institution or any death resulting from an incident occurring on such property. Such mutual aid agreements shall include provisions requiring either the campus police force or the agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement pursuant to this subsection, in the event that such police force or agency conducts an investigation that involves a felony criminal sexual assault as set forth in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on campus, in or on a noncampus building or property, or on public property, to notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48 hours of beginning such investigation. No such notification provision shall require a campus police force or the agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement to disclose identifying information about the victim. Nothing in this section prohibits a campus police force or auxiliary police force from requesting assistance from any appropriate law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth with which the institution has not entered into a mutual aid agreement.D\n\nEach public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution of higher education that (i) has not established a campus police force or auxiliary police force pursuant to this article and (ii) has a security department, relies on local or state police forces, or contracts for security services from private parties pursuant to § 23.1-818 shall enter into and become a party to a memorandum of understanding with an adjacent local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police (the Department) to require either such local law-enforcement agency or the Department, in the event that such agency or the Department conducts an investigation that involves a felony criminal sexual assault as set forth in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on campus, in or on a noncampus building or property, or on public property, to notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48 hours of beginning such investigation. No such notification provision shall require the law-enforcement agency or the Department to disclose identifying information about the victim.E\n\nAll mutual aid agreements and memoranda of understanding entered into pursuant to this section shall specify the procedure for sharing information.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":288194,"text":"As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Campus” means (i) any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher education located within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner relating to, the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls, and (ii) any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the area described in clause (i) that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes, such as a food or other retail vendor.\n\t\t\t“Noncampus building or property” means (i) any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by an institution of higher education or (ii) any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher education that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.\n\t\t\t“Public property” means all public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":288195,"text":"A campus police officer appointed as provided in § 23.1-812 or a member of an auxiliary police force appointed and activated pursuant to §§ 23.1-811 and 23.1-812 shall be deemed police officers of localities who may exercise the powers and duties conferred by law upon such police officers, including the provisions of Chapters 5 (§ 19.2-52 et seq.), 7 (§ 19.2-71 et seq.), and 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, (i) upon any property owned or controlled by the public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education, or, upon request, any property owned or controlled by another public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education, and upon the streets, sidewalks, and highways immediately adjacent to any such property; (ii) pursuant to a mutual aid agreement (a) as provided for in § 15.2-1727 or (b) between the governing board of a public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education and another public institution of higher education or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth or an adjacent political subdivision; (iii) in close pursuit of a person as provided in § 19.2-77; and (iv) upon approval by the appropriate circuit court of a petition by the local governing body for concurrent jurisdiction in designated areas with the police officers of the locality in which the institution, its satellite campuses, or other properties are located. The local governing body may only petition the circuit court for such concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to a request by the local law-enforcement agency.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":288196,"text":"Each public institution of higher education and private institution of higher education that establishes a campus police force pursuant to this article shall enter into and become a party to a mutual aid agreement with an adjacent local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police for the use of their regular and auxiliary joint forces, equipment, and materials when needed in the investigation of any felony criminal sexual assault or medically unattended death occurring on property owned or controlled by such institution or any death resulting from an incident occurring on such property. Such mutual aid agreements shall include provisions requiring either the campus police force or the agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement pursuant to this subsection, in the event that such police force or agency conducts an investigation that involves a felony criminal sexual assault as set forth in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on campus, in or on a noncampus building or property, or on public property, to notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48 hours of beginning such investigation. No such notification provision shall require a campus police force or the agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement to disclose identifying information about the victim. Nothing in this section prohibits a campus police force or auxiliary police force from requesting assistance from any appropriate law-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth with which the institution has not entered into a mutual aid agreement.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":288197,"text":"Each public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution of higher education that (i) has not established a campus police force or auxiliary police force pursuant to this article and (ii) has a security department, relies on local or state police forces, or contracts for security services from private parties pursuant to § 23.1-818 shall enter into and become a party to a memorandum of understanding with an adjacent local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police (the Department) to require either such local law-enforcement agency or the Department, in the event that such agency or the Department conducts an investigation that involves a felony criminal sexual assault as set forth in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on campus, in or on a noncampus building or property, or on public property, to notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48 hours of beginning such investigation. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 79 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 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 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 1985, chapter 386; in 1991, chapter 711; in 1992, chapter 187; in 2002, chapter 97<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 282<\/a> and 450<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 707<\/a>; in 2016, chapters 513<\/a>, 571<\/a>, and 588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":66978,"section_number":"23.1-818","catch_line":"Security departments and other security services","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-818\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":56465,"section_number":"15.2-1727","catch_line":"Reciprocal agreements with localities outside the Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1727\/"},{"id":75662,"section_number":"18.2-61","catch_line":"Rape","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-61\/"},{"id":60081,"section_number":"19.2-387","catch_line":"Exchange to operate as a division of Department of State Police; authority of Superintendent of State Police","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-387\/"},{"id":68842,"section_number":"19.2-52","catch_line":"When search warrant may issue","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-52\/"},{"id":57792,"section_number":"19.2-71","catch_line":"Who may issue process of arrest","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-71\/"},{"id":61047,"section_number":"19.2-77","catch_line":"Escape, flight and pursuit; arrest anywhere in Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-77\/"},{"id":62380,"section_number":"23.1-811","catch_line":"Establishment of auxiliary police forces","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-811\/"},{"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":66978,"section_number":"23.1-818","catch_line":"Security departments and other security services","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-818\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185385,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80452,"identifier":"23.1-815","token":"23.1\/II\/8\/3\/23.1-815","url":"\/23.1-815\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-815\/","token":"23.1\/II\/8\/3\/23.1-815","dublin_core":{"Title":"Campus police forces and auxiliary police forces; powers and duties; jurisdiction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-815","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Campus<\/span>” means (i) any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher education located within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner relating to, the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls, and (ii) any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the area described in clause (i) that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes, such as a food or other retail vendor.\n\t\t\t“Noncampus building or property<\/span>” means (i) any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by an institution of higher education or (ii) any building or property owned or controlled by an institution of higher education that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.\n\t\t\t“Public property<\/span>” means all public property<\/span>, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus<\/span>, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A campus<\/span> police officer appointed as provided in § 23.1-812<\/a> or a member of an auxiliary police force appointed and activated pursuant to §§ 23.1-811<\/a> and 23.1-812<\/a> shall be deemed police officers of localities who may exercise the powers and duties conferred by law<\/span> upon such police officers, including the provisions of Chapters 5 (§ 19.2-52<\/a> et seq.), 7 (§ 19.2-71<\/a> et seq.), and 23 (§ 19.2-387<\/a> et seq.) of Title 19.2, (i) upon any property owned or controlled by the public institution of higher education<\/span> or private institution of higher education<\/span>, or, upon request, any property owned or controlled by another public institution of higher education<\/span> or private institution of higher education<\/span>, and upon the streets, sidewalks, and highways immediately adjacent to any such property; (ii) pursuant to a mutual aid agreement (a) as provided for in § 15.2-1727<\/a> or (b) between the governing board<\/span> of a public institution of higher education<\/span> or private institution of higher education<\/span> and another public institution of higher education<\/span> or private institution of higher education<\/span> in the Commonwealth or an adjacent political subdivision; (iii) in close pursuit of a person as provided in § 19.2-77<\/a>; and (iv) upon approval by the appropriate circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of a petition<\/span> by the local governing body for concurrent jurisdiction<\/span> in designated areas with the police officers of the locality in which the institution, its satellite campuses, or other properties are located. The local governing body may only petition<\/span> the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for such concurrent jurisdiction<\/span> pursuant to a request by the local law<\/span>-enforcement agency. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Each public institution of higher education<\/span> and private institution of higher education<\/span> that establishes a campus<\/span> police force pursuant to this article shall enter into and become a party<\/span> to a mutual aid agreement with an adjacent local law<\/span>-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police for the use of their regular and auxiliary joint forces, equipment, and materials<\/span> when needed in the investigation of any felony<\/span> criminal sexual assault<\/span> or medically unattended death occurring on property owned or controlled by such institution or any death resulting from an incident occurring on such property. Such mutual aid agreements shall include provisions requiring either the campus<\/span> police force or the agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement pursuant to this subsection, in the event that such police force or agency conducts an investigation that involves a felony<\/span> criminal sexual assault<\/span> as set forth in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on campus<\/span>, in or on a noncampus building or property<\/span>, or on public property<\/span>, to notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48 hours of beginning such investigation. No such notification provision shall require a campus<\/span> police force or the agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement to disclose identifying information about the victim. Nothing in this section prohibits a campus<\/span> police force or auxiliary police force from requesting assistance from any appropriate law<\/span>-enforcement agency of the Commonwealth with which the institution has not entered into a mutual aid agreement. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Each public institution of higher education<\/span> and nonprofit private institution of higher education<\/span><\/span> that (i) has not established a campus<\/span> police force or auxiliary police force pursuant to this article and (ii) has a security department, relies on local or state police forces, or contracts<\/span> for security services from private parties pursuant to § 23.1-818<\/a> shall enter into and become a party<\/span> to a memorandum<\/span> of understanding with an adjacent local law<\/span>-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police (the Department) to require either such local law<\/span>-enforcement agency or the Department, in the event that such agency or the Department conducts an investigation that involves a felony<\/span> criminal sexual assault<\/span> as set forth in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on campus<\/span>, in or on a noncampus building or property<\/span>, or on public property<\/span>, to notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48 hours of beginning such investigation. No such notification provision shall require the law<\/span>-enforcement agency or the Department to disclose identifying information about the victim. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> All mutual aid agreements and memoranda of understanding entered into pursuant to this section shall specify the procedure for sharing information. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCAMPUS POLICE FORCES AND AUXILIARY POLICE FORCES; POWERS AND DUTIES;\nJURISDICTION (\u00a7 23.1-815)\n\nA. As used in this section:\n\t\t\t“Campus” means (i) any building or property owned or controlled\nby an institution of higher education located within the same reasonably\ncontiguous geographic area of the institution and used by the institution in\ndirect support of, or in a manner relating to, the institution’s\neducational purposes, including residence halls, and (ii) any building or\nproperty that is within or reasonably contiguous to the area described in clause\n(i) that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is\nfrequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes, such as a food\nor other retail vendor.\n\t\t\t“Noncampus building or property” means (i) any building or\nproperty owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially\nrecognized by an institution of higher education or (ii) any building or\nproperty owned or controlled by an institution of higher education that is used\nin direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational\npurposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably\ncontiguous geographic area of the institution.\n\t\t\t“Public property” means all public property, including\nthoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the\ncampus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.\n\nB. A campus police officer appointed as provided in § 23.1-812 or a member\nof an auxiliary police force appointed and activated pursuant to §§\n23.1-811 and 23.1-812 shall be deemed police officers of localities who may\nexercise the powers and duties conferred by law upon such police officers,\nincluding the provisions of Chapters 5 (§ 19.2-52 et seq.), 7 (§\n19.2-71 et seq.), and 23 (§ 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, (i) upon any\nproperty owned or controlled by the public institution of higher education or\nprivate institution of higher education, or, upon request, any property owned or\ncontrolled by another public institution of higher education or private\ninstitution of higher education, and upon the streets, sidewalks, and highways\nimmediately adjacent to any such property; (ii) pursuant to a mutual aid\nagreement (a) as provided for in § 15.2-1727 or (b) between the governing\nboard of a public institution of higher education or private institution of\nhigher education and another public institution of higher education or private\ninstitution of higher education in the Commonwealth or an adjacent political\nsubdivision; (iii) in close pursuit of a person as provided in § 19.2-77;\nand (iv) upon approval by the appropriate circuit court of a petition by the\nlocal governing body for concurrent jurisdiction in designated areas with the\npolice officers of the locality in which the institution, its satellite\ncampuses, or other properties are located. The local governing body may only\npetition the circuit court for such concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to a\nrequest by the local law-enforcement agency.\n\nC. Each public institution of higher education and private institution of higher\neducation that establishes a campus police force pursuant to this article shall\nenter into and become a party to a mutual aid agreement with an adjacent local\nlaw-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police for the use of their\nregular and auxiliary joint forces, equipment, and materials when needed in the\ninvestigation of any felony criminal sexual assault or medically unattended\ndeath occurring on property owned or controlled by such institution or any death\nresulting from an incident occurring on such property. Such mutual aid\nagreements shall include provisions requiring either the campus police force or\nthe agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement pursuant to this\nsubsection, in the event that such police force or agency conducts an\ninvestigation that involves a felony criminal sexual assault as set forth in\nArticle 7 (§ 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on\ncampus, in or on a noncampus building or property, or on public property, to\nnotify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48\nhours of beginning such investigation. No such notification provision shall\nrequire a campus police force or the agency with which it has established a\nmutual aid agreement to disclose identifying information about the victim.\nNothing in this section prohibits a campus police force or auxiliary police\nforce from requesting assistance from any appropriate law-enforcement agency of\nthe Commonwealth with which the institution has not entered into a mutual aid\nagreement.\n\nD. Each public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution\nof higher education that (i) has not established a campus police force or\nauxiliary police force pursuant to this article and (ii) has a security\ndepartment, relies on local or state police forces, or contracts for security\nservices from private parties pursuant to § 23.1-818 shall enter into and\nbecome a party to a memorandum of understanding with an adjacent local\nlaw-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police (the Department) to\nrequire either such local law-enforcement agency or the Department, in the event\nthat such agency or the Department conducts an investigation that involves a\nfelony criminal sexual assault as set forth in Article 7 (§ 18.2-61 et\nseq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on campus, in or on a noncampus\nbuilding or property, or on public property, to notify the local attorney for\nthe Commonwealth of such investigation within 48 hours of beginning such\ninvestigation. No such notification provision shall require the law-enforcement\nagency or the Department to disclose identifying information about the victim.\n\nE. All mutual aid agreements and memoranda of understanding entered into\npursuant to this section shall specify the procedure for sharing information.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 79, \u00a7 23-234; 1985, c. 386; 1991, c. 711; 1992, c. 187; 2002,\nc. 97; 2012, cc. 282, 450; 2015, c. 707; 2016, cc. 513, 571, 588.","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}}