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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0783\">783<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0904\">904<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62827,"section_number":"46.2-1242","catch_line":"Parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities; local ordinances; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1242\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62827,"section_number":"46.2-1242","catch_line":"Parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities; local ordinances; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1242\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229971,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84897,"identifier":"46.2-1244","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1244","url":"\/46.2-1244\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1244\/","token":"46.2\/III\/12.1\/46.2-1244","dublin_core":{"Title":"Volunteer disabled parking enforcement units","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1244","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town may by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> provide that its <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agency establish and supervise volunteers to enforce violations of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities; local ordinances; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1242\/\">46.2-1242<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-304192\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1244\/#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> Excluding &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Parking in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities; local ordinances; penalty\" href=\"\/46.2-1242\/\">46.2-1242<\/a>, volunteers acting pursuant to this section shall not have the power or duty to enforce any other traffic or criminal <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the state or any county, city, or town. <a id=\"paragraph-304193\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1244\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> No volunteer acting pursuant to this section shall carry a firearm or other weapon during the course of his volunteer enforcement duties. <a id=\"paragraph-304194\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-1244\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOLUNTEER DISABLED PARKING ENFORCEMENT UNITS (\u00a7 46.2-1244)\n\nA. The governing body of any county, city, or town may by ordinance provide that\nits law-enforcement agency establish and supervise volunteers to enforce\nviolations of &#xA7; 46.2-1242.\n\nB. Excluding &#xA7; 46.2-1242, volunteers acting pursuant to this section shall\nnot have the power or duty to enforce any other traffic or criminal laws of the\nstate or any county, city, or town.\n\nC. No volunteer acting pursuant to this section shall carry a firearm or other\nweapon during the course of his volunteer enforcement duties.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, cc. 783, 904.","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}}