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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 585 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. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230667,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84627,"identifier":"46.2-937","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/17\/46.2-937","url":"\/46.2-937\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-937\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/17\/46.2-937","dublin_core":{"Title":"Traffic infractions treated as misdemeanors for arrest purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-937","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For purposes of <span class=\"dictionary\">arrest<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">traffic infractions<\/span> shall be treated as <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanors<\/span>. Except as otherwise provided by this title, the authority and duties of arresting officers shall be the same for <span class=\"dictionary\">traffic infractions<\/span> as for <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanors<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRAFFIC INFRACTIONS TREATED AS MISDEMEANORS FOR ARREST PURPOSES (\u00a7 46.2-937)\n\nFor purposes of arrest, traffic infractions shall be treated as misdemeanors.\nExcept as otherwise provided by this title, the authority and duties of\narresting officers shall be the same for traffic infractions as for\nmisdemeanors.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 585, \u00a7 46.1-178.01; 1989, c. 727.","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}}