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Additionally, notwithstanding \u00a7 52-22, state police officers may enforce local ordinances, adopted under subsection G of \u00a7 46.2-752, requiring the obtaining and displaying of local motor vehicle licenses. Fifty percent of the revenue collected from such enforcement shall be remitted by the locality to the Department of State Police and disposed of by the Department to cover its costs of operation. Every law-enforcement officer shall be uniformed at the time of the enforcement or shall display his badge or other sign of authority. All officers making arrests incident to the enforcement of this title shall be paid fixed salaries for their services and shall have no interest in, nor be permitted by law to accept the benefit of, any fine or fee resulting from the arrest or conviction of an offender against any provision of this title.\n\t\tWith the consent of the landowner, any such officer or other uniformed employee of the local law-enforcement agency may patrol the landowner’s property to enforce state, county, city, or town motor vehicle registration and licensing requirements.\n\t\tAny law-enforcement officer may patrol the streets and roads within subdivisions of real property or within a condominium pursuant to the Virginia Condominium Act (\u00a7 55.1-1900 et seq.) or land submitted to a horizontal property regime pursuant to the Horizontal Property Act (\u00a7 55.1-2000 et seq.), which streets and roads are maintained by the owners of the lots or parcels of land within the subdivision or the owners of condominium units within any horizontal property regime or any association of owners, on the request or with the consent of the owners or association of owners, to enforce the provisions of this title punishable as felonies, misdemeanors, or traffic infractions.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":263502,"text":"State police officers and law-enforcement officers of every county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall enforce the provisions of this title punishable as felonies, misdemeanors, or traffic infractions. 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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 1958, chapter 541; in 1972, chapter 700; in 1975, chapter 516; in 1980, chapter 523; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1995, chapter 132<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78143,"section_number":"46.2-752","catch_line":"Taxes and license fees imposed by counties, cities, and towns; limitations on amounts; disposition of revenues; requiring evidence of payment of personal property taxes and certain fines; prohibiting display of licenses after expiration; failure to display valid local license required by other localities; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-752\/"},{"id":82427,"section_number":"52-22","catch_line":"Arrests for violations of ordinances","order_by":null,"url":"\/52-22\/"},{"id":55215,"section_number":"55.1-1900","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1900\/"},{"id":82636,"section_number":"55.1-2000","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73192,"identifier":"46.2-102","token":"46.2\/I\/1\/46.2-102","url":"\/46.2-102\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-102\/","token":"46.2\/I\/1\/46.2-102","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement by law-enforcement officers; officers to be uniformed; officers to be paid fixed salaries","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-102","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

State police officers and law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span> of every county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall enforce the provisions of this title punishable as felonies, misdemeanors<\/span>, or traffic infractions<\/span>. Additionally, notwithstanding \u00a7 52-22<\/a>, state police officers may enforce local ordinances<\/span>, adopted under subsection G of \u00a7 46.2-752<\/a>, requiring the obtaining and displaying of local motor vehicle<\/span> licenses. Fifty percent of the revenue collected from such enforcement shall be remitted by the locality to the Department<\/span> of State Police and disposed of by the Department<\/span> to cover its costs of operation. Every law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> shall be uniformed at the time of the enforcement or shall display his badge or other sign of authority. All officers making arrests<\/span> incident to the enforcement of this title shall be paid fixed salaries for their services and shall have no interest in, nor be permitted by law<\/span> to accept the benefit of, any fine or fee resulting from the arrest<\/span> or conviction<\/span> of an offender against any provision of this title.\n\t\tWith the consent of the landowner, any such officer or other uniformed employee of the local law<\/span>-enforcement agency may patrol the landowner’s property to enforce state, county, city, or town motor vehicle<\/span> registration and licensing requirements.\n\t\tAny law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> may patrol the streets and roads within subdivisions of real property or within a condominium pursuant to the Virginia Condominium Act (\u00a7 55.1-1900<\/a> et seq.) or land submitted to a horizontal property regime pursuant to the Horizontal Property Act (\u00a7 55.1-2000<\/a> et seq.), which streets and roads are maintained by the owners<\/span> of the lots or parcels of land within the subdivision or the owners<\/span> of condominium units within any horizontal property regime or any association of owners<\/span>, on the request or with the consent of the owners<\/span> or association of owners<\/span>, to enforce the provisions of this title punishable as felonies, misdemeanors<\/span>, or traffic infractions<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT BY LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; OFFICERS TO BE UNIFORMED; OFFICERS TO\nBE PAID FIXED SALARIES (\u00a7 46.2-102)\n\nState police officers and law-enforcement officers of every county, city, town,\nor other political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall enforce the provisions\nof this title punishable as felonies, misdemeanors, or traffic infractions.\nAdditionally, notwithstanding \u00a7 52-22, state police officers may enforce local\nordinances, adopted under subsection G of \u00a7 46.2-752, requiring the obtaining\nand displaying of local motor vehicle licenses. Fifty percent of the revenue\ncollected from such enforcement shall be remitted by the locality to the\nDepartment of State Police and disposed of by the Department to cover its costs\nof operation. Every law-enforcement officer shall be uniformed at the time of\nthe enforcement or shall display his badge or other sign of authority. All\nofficers making arrests incident to the enforcement of this title shall be paid\nfixed salaries for their services and shall have no interest in, nor be\npermitted by law to accept the benefit of, any fine or fee resulting from the\narrest or conviction of an offender against any provision of this title.\n\t\tWith the consent of the landowner, any such officer or other uniformed\nemployee of the local law-enforcement agency may patrol the landowner’s\nproperty to enforce state, county, city, or town motor vehicle registration and\nlicensing requirements.\n\t\tAny law-enforcement officer may patrol the streets and roads within\nsubdivisions of real property or within a condominium pursuant to the Virginia\nCondominium Act (\u00a7 55.1-1900 et seq.) or land submitted to a horizontal\nproperty regime pursuant to the Horizontal Property Act (\u00a7 55.1-2000 et seq.),\nwhich streets and roads are maintained by the owners of the lots or parcels of\nland within the subdivision or the owners of condominium units within any\nhorizontal property regime or any association of owners, on the request or with\nthe consent of the owners or association of owners, to enforce the provisions of\nthis title punishable as felonies, misdemeanors, or traffic infractions.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-14; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-6; 1972, c. 700; 1975, c.\n516; 1980, c. 523; 1989, c. 727; 1995, c. 132.","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}}