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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 372 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2007, chapter 87<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 38<\/a> and 730<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73488,"section_number":"9.1-101","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":194061,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60581,"identifier":"3.2-1010","token":"3.2\/I\/10\/3.2-1010","url":"\/3.2-1010\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1010\/","token":"3.2\/I\/10\/3.2-1010","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of chapter; summons","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1010","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any conservation police officer or law<\/span>-enforcement officer as defined in \u00a7 9.1-101<\/a>, excluding certain members of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, may enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted hereunder as well as those who are so designated by the Commissioner<\/span>. Those designated by the Commissioner<\/span> may issue<\/span> a summons<\/span> to any person who violates any provision of this chapter to appear at a time and place to be specified in such summons<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER; SUMMONS (\u00a7 3.2-1010)\n\nAny conservation police officer or law-enforcement officer as defined in \u00a7\n9.1-101, excluding certain members of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control\nAuthority, may enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations\nadopted hereunder as well as those who are so designated by the Commissioner.\nThose designated by the Commissioner may issue a summons to any person who\nviolates any provision of this chapter to appear at a time and place to be\nspecified in such summons.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 372, \u00a7 3.1-1029; 2007, c. 87; 2008, c. 860; 2015, cc. 38,\n730.","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}}