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It has been modified 3 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 1979, chapter 264; in 1987, chapter 488; in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0093\">93<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0123\">123<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":192415,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82788,"identifier":"29.1-203","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-203","url":"\/29.1-203\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-203\/","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-203","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction; power to serve process","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-203","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Conservation police officers<\/span> shall have <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> throughout the Commonwealth to enforce the hunting, trapping and inland fish <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> and may serve process in all matters arising from violations of such <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-296764\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-203\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">Conservation police officers<\/span> shall enforce the State Water Control <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">regulations<\/span> designating Smith Mountain Lake as a no-discharge zone for boat sewage. <a id=\"paragraph-296765\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/29.1-203\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION; POWER TO SERVE PROCESS (\u00a7 29.1-203)\n\nA. Conservation police officers shall have jurisdiction throughout the\nCommonwealth to enforce the hunting, trapping and inland fish laws and may serve\nprocess in all matters arising from violations of such laws.\n\nB. Conservation police officers shall enforce the State Water Control\nBoard&#8217;s regulations designating Smith Mountain Lake as a no-discharge zone\nfor boat sewage.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-30; 1979, c. 264; 1987, c. 488; 2001, cc. 93, 123.","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}}