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This authority does not extend to the private offices, buildings, garages, and other improvements of the private entity to any greater degree than the police power extends to any other private buildings and improvements.B\n\nTo the extent the transportation facility is a road, bridge, tunnel, overpass, or similar transportation facility for motor vehicles, the traffic and motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth or, if applicable, any locality or public entity shall be the same as those applying to conduct on similar transportation facilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity. Punishment for offenses shall be as prescribed by law for conduct occurring on similar transportation facilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":285084,"text":"All police officers of the Commonwealth and of each affected locality or public entity shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the limits of such qualifying transportation facility as they have in their respective areas of jurisdiction, and such police officers shall have access to the qualifying transportation facility at any time for the purpose of exercising such powers and jurisdiction. This authority does not extend to the private offices, buildings, garages, and other improvements of the private entity to any greater degree than the police power extends to any other private buildings and improvements.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":285085,"text":"To the extent the transportation facility is a road, bridge, tunnel, overpass, or similar transportation facility for motor vehicles, the traffic and motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth or, if applicable, any locality or public entity shall be the same as those applying to conduct on similar transportation facilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0855\">855<\/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 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 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0647\">647<\/a>; in 2005, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0504\">504<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0562\">562<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":206895,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79555,"identifier":"33.2-1816","token":"33.2\/III\/18\/33.2-1816","url":"\/33.2-1816\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-1816\/","token":"33.2\/III\/18\/33.2-1816","dublin_core":{"Title":"Police powers; violations of law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-1816","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> All police officers of the Commonwealth and of each <span class=\"dictionary\">affected locality or public entity<\/span> shall have the same powers and <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> within the limits of such <span class=\"dictionary\">qualifying transportation facility<\/span> as they have in their respective areas of <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>, and such police officers shall have access to the <span class=\"dictionary\">qualifying transportation facility<\/span> at any time for the purpose of exercising such powers and <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>. This authority does not extend to the private offices, buildings, garages, and other improvements of the <span class=\"dictionary\">private entity<\/span> to any greater degree than the police power extends to any other private buildings and improvements. <a id=\"paragraph-285084\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-1816\/#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> To the extent the transportation facility is a road, bridge, tunnel, overpass, or similar transportation facility for motor vehicles, the traffic and motor vehicle <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth or, if applicable, any locality or public entity shall be the same as those applying to conduct on similar transportation facilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity. Punishment for <span class=\"dictionary\">offenses<\/span> shall be as prescribed by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> for conduct occurring on similar transportation facilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity. <a id=\"paragraph-285085\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/33.2-1816\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOLICE POWERS; VIOLATIONS OF LAW (\u00a7 33.2-1816)\n\nA. All police officers of the Commonwealth and of each affected locality or\npublic entity shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the limits of\nsuch qualifying transportation facility as they have in their respective areas\nof jurisdiction, and such police officers shall have access to the qualifying\ntransportation facility at any time for the purpose of exercising such powers\nand jurisdiction. This authority does not extend to the private offices,\nbuildings, garages, and other improvements of the private entity to any greater\ndegree than the police power extends to any other private buildings and\nimprovements.\n\nB. To the extent the transportation facility is a road, bridge, tunnel,\noverpass, or similar transportation facility for motor vehicles, the traffic and\nmotor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth or, if applicable, any locality or public\nentity shall be the same as those applying to conduct on similar transportation\nfacilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity. Punishment for\noffenses shall be as prescribed by law for conduct occurring on similar\ntransportation facilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 855, \u00a7 56-571; 1995, c. 647; 2005, cc. 504, 562; 2014, c.\n805.","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}}