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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 789<\/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. 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 2005, chapter 516<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 554<\/a>; in 2010, chapters 153<\/a> and 500<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 958<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190635,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72614,"identifier":"28.2-106.1","token":"28.2\/I\/1\/2\/28.2-106.1","url":"\/28.2-106.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-106.1\/","token":"28.2\/I\/1\/2\/28.2-106.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Patrol and enforcement of federal safety zones and restricted areas","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-106.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Pursuant to federal authorization or upon request from a federal agency, the Virginia Marine Police, conservation police officers<\/span> of the Department of Wildlife Resources, and the marine patrol divisions of police departments located in Tidewater Virginia<\/span> may patrol and enforce all federal security zones, federal safety zones, and federal restricted areas located within the tidal waters of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPATROL AND ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL SAFETY ZONES AND RESTRICTED AREAS (\u00a7\n28.2-106.1)\n\nPursuant to federal authorization or upon request from a federal agency, the\nVirginia Marine Police, conservation police officers of the Department of\nWildlife Resources, and the marine patrol divisions of police departments\nlocated in Tidewater Virginia may patrol and enforce all federal security zones,\nfederal safety zones, and federal restricted areas located within the tidal\nwaters of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 789; 2005, c. 516; 2007, c. 554; 2010, cc. 153, 500; 2020, c.\n958.","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}}