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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1964, chapter 298; in 1968, chapter 477; in 1972, chapter 639; in 1976, chapter 671; in 1977, chapter 326; in 2005, chapter 716<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72961,"section_number":"19.2-13","catch_line":"Special conservators of the peace; authority; jurisdiction; registration; liability of employers; penalty; report","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-13\/"}],"permalink":{"id":209989,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66092,"identifier":"37.2-426","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/4\/37.2-426","url":"\/37.2-426\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/37.2-426\/","token":"37.2\/I\/4\/4\/37.2-426","dublin_core":{"Title":"Officers may be appointed conservators of the peace; regulation of traffic","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 37.2-426","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-13<\/a>, the director, resident officers, policemen, and fire fighters of any hospital or training center<\/span> may be appointed conservators of the peace on the hospital or training center<\/span> property and shall have, in addition to the powers of conservators of the peace, authority<\/span> to patrol and regulate traffic on all roadways and roads through hospital or training center<\/span> property and to issue<\/span> summons<\/span> for violations thereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICERS MAY BE APPOINTED CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE; REGULATION OF TRAFFIC (\u00a7\n37.2-426)\n\nPursuant to \u00a7 19.2-13, the director, resident officers, policemen, and fire\nfighters of any hospital or training center may be appointed conservators of the\npeace on the hospital or training center property and shall have, in addition to\nthe powers of conservators of the peace, authority to patrol and regulate\ntraffic on all roadways and roads through hospital or training center property\nand to issue summons for violations thereof.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 37-15; 1964, c. 298; 1968, c. 477, \u00a7 37.1-148; 1972, c.\n639; 1976, c. 671; 1977, c. 326; 2005, c. 716.","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}}