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Such special police officer may exercise all the powers and duties imposed and conferred upon sheriffs in the Commonwealth, in criminal matters, upon any such toll bridge or bridges and their approaches. Such power shall extend throughout the Commonwealth when such special police officer is actually in pursuit of a person accused of crime or acting under authority of a warrant duly issued for the arrest of a person charged with a crime. However, no special policeman appointed under this section whose duties as such special policeman are merely incidental to such private employment shall be deemed to be an employee of the Commonwealth or county or counties within which such toll bridges and their approaches lie, within the meaning of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act (§ 65.2-100 et seq.).B\n\nBefore any such appointment is made, the court shall be satisfied that such person has been a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth for more than one year immediately preceding such appointment and is of good moral character. Before any such person shall be permitted to discharge any of the duties of such special policeman, he shall take the oath required by law and shall give a bond payable to the Commonwealth in the penalty of not less than $500, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his official duties.C\n\nNo salary shall be paid to any special police officer appointed under subsection A by the Commonwealth or county, or counties, in which such properties lie; nor shall he receive any fees for making any arrest, executing any warrant, summoning a witness, or carrying a person to or from jail.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":218726,"text":"The circuit court of any county in which there is a toll bridge or its approaches, or the circuit court of any county in which lies any part of any toll bridge or bridges or their approaches belonging to the same proprietor, but which toll bridge or bridges or their approaches lie in more than one county, may, upon the application of the proprietor, appoint any employee of such proprietor, employed in the control or operation of such toll bridge or bridges and approaches, a special police officer. Such special police officer may exercise all the powers and duties imposed and conferred upon sheriffs in the Commonwealth, in criminal matters, upon any such toll bridge or bridges and their approaches. Such power shall extend throughout the Commonwealth when such special police officer is actually in pursuit of a person accused of crime or acting under authority of a warrant duly issued for the arrest of a person charged with a crime. However, no special policeman appointed under this section whose duties as such special policeman are merely incidental to such private employment shall be deemed to be an employee of the Commonwealth or county or counties within which such toll bridges and their approaches lie, within the meaning of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act (§ 65.2-100 et seq.).","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":218727,"text":"Before any such appointment is made, the court shall be satisfied that such person has been a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth for more than one year immediately preceding such appointment and is of good moral character. Before any such person shall be permitted to discharge any of the duties of such special policeman, he shall take the oath required by law and shall give a bond payable to the Commonwealth in the penalty of not less than $500, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his official duties.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":218728,"text":"No salary shall be paid to any special police officer appointed under subsection A by the Commonwealth or county, or counties, in which such properties lie; nor shall he receive any fees for making any arrest, executing any warrant, summoning a witness, or carrying a person to or from jail.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13598,"edition_id":1,"name":"Ferries and Toll Facilities","identifier":"6","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12830,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:21","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:21","permalink":{"id":206137,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13598,"identifier":"6","token":"33.2\/II\/6","url":"\/33.2\/II\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12830,"edition_id":1,"name":"Modes of Transportation: Highways, Bridges, Ferries, Rail, and Public Transportation","identifier":"II","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12806,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":205369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12830,"identifier":"II","token":"33.2\/II","url":"\/33.2\/II\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":204785,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12806,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":56032,"structure_id":13598,"section_number":"33.2-600","catch_line":"Acquisition or establishment of ferries","url":"\/33.2-600\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-600","metadata":false},{"id":65684,"structure_id":13598,"section_number":"33.2-601","catch_line":"Ferry across Corrotoman River","url":"\/33.2-601\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-601","metadata":false},{"id":70042,"structure_id":13598,"section_number":"33.2-602","catch_line":"Toll bridges; 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1970, chapter 322; in 2014, chapter 805<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67999,"section_number":"65.2-100","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/65.2-100\/"}],"permalink":{"id":206159,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59726,"identifier":"33.2-605","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-605","url":"\/33.2-605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-605\/","token":"33.2\/II\/6\/33.2-605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Special police officers in connection with toll bridges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any county in which there is a toll bridge or its approaches, or the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any county in which lies any part of any toll bridge or bridges or their approaches belonging to the same proprietor, but which toll bridge or bridges or their approaches lie in more than one county, may, upon the application of the proprietor, appoint any employee of such proprietor, employed in the control or operation of such toll bridge or bridges and approaches, a special police officer. Such special police officer may exercise all the powers and duties imposed and conferred upon sheriffs in the Commonwealth, in criminal matters, upon any such toll bridge or bridges and their approaches. Such power shall extend throughout the Commonwealth when such special police officer is actually in pursuit of a person accused<\/span> of crime<\/span> or acting under authority of a warrant duly issued for the arrest<\/span> of a person charged with a crime<\/span>. However, no special policeman appointed under this section whose duties as such special policeman are merely incidental to such private employment shall be deemed to be an employee of the Commonwealth or county or counties within which such toll bridges and their approaches lie, within the meaning of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act (§ 65.2-100<\/a> et seq.). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Before any such appointment is made, the court<\/span> shall be satisfied that such person has been a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth for more than one year immediately preceding such appointment and is of good moral character. Before any such person shall be permitted to discharge any of the duties of such special policeman, he shall take the oath<\/span> required by law<\/span> and shall give a bond<\/span> payable to the Commonwealth in the penalty<\/span> of not less than $500, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his official duties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No salary shall be paid to any special police officer appointed under subsection A by the Commonwealth or county, or counties, in which such properties lie; nor shall he receive any fees for making any arrest<\/span>, executing any warrant, summoning a witness<\/span>, or carrying a person to or from jail. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS IN CONNECTION WITH TOLL BRIDGES (\u00a7 33.2-605)\n\nA. The circuit court of any county in which there is a toll bridge or its\napproaches, or the circuit court of any county in which lies any part of any\ntoll bridge or bridges or their approaches belonging to the same proprietor, but\nwhich toll bridge or bridges or their approaches lie in more than one county,\nmay, upon the application of the proprietor, appoint any employee of such\nproprietor, employed in the control or operation of such toll bridge or bridges\nand approaches, a special police officer. Such special police officer may\nexercise all the powers and duties imposed and conferred upon sheriffs in the\nCommonwealth, in criminal matters, upon any such toll bridge or bridges and\ntheir approaches. Such power shall extend throughout the Commonwealth when such\nspecial police officer is actually in pursuit of a person accused of crime or\nacting under authority of a warrant duly issued for the arrest of a person\ncharged with a crime. However, no special policeman appointed under this section\nwhose duties as such special policeman are merely incidental to such private\nemployment shall be deemed to be an employee of the Commonwealth or county or\ncounties within which such toll bridges and their approaches lie, within the\nmeaning of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act (§ 65.2-100 et\nseq.).\n\nB. Before any such appointment is made, the court shall be satisfied that such\nperson has been a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth for more than one year\nimmediately preceding such appointment and is of good moral character. Before\nany such person shall be permitted to discharge any of the duties of such\nspecial policeman, he shall take the oath required by law and shall give a bond\npayable to the Commonwealth in the penalty of not less than $500, conditioned\nfor the faithful discharge of his official duties.\n\nC. No salary shall be paid to any special police officer appointed under\nsubsection A by the Commonwealth or county, or counties, in which such\nproperties lie; nor shall he receive any fees for making any arrest, executing\nany warrant, summoning a witness, or carrying a person to or from jail.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 33-218, 33-219, 33-220; 1970, c. 322, \u00a7\u00a7 33.1-258,\n33.1-259, 33.1-260; 2014, c. 805.","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}}