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The Superintendent of State Police, his assistants, and the State troopers, patrolmen and police officers appointed by him, shall have authority to execute warrants of arrest<\/span> for violations of ordinances<\/span> of counties, cities and towns when requested so to do by the county, city or town authorities. Such arrests<\/span> may be made upon information transmitted as provided in \u00a7 52-20<\/a>, as well as in cases where the officer is in possession<\/span> of the warrant.\n\t\tThe execution of any such warrant shall rest entirely in the discretion of the Superintendent and other officers who may be requested to execute the same, and no such officer shall execute the same in any case where it will in any way interfere with, delay or hinder him in the discharge of his official duties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nARRESTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES (\u00a7 52-22)\n\nThe Superintendent of State Police, his assistants, and the State troopers,\npatrolmen and police officers appointed by him, shall have authority to execute\nwarrants of arrest for violations of ordinances of counties, cities and towns\nwhen requested so to do by the county, city or town authorities. Such arrests\nmay be made upon information transmitted as provided in \u00a7 52-20, as well as in\ncases where the officer is in possession of the warrant.\n\t\tThe execution of any such warrant shall rest entirely in the discretion of the\nSuperintendent and other officers who may be requested to execute the same, and\nno such officer shall execute the same in any case where it will in any way\ninterfere with, delay or hinder him in the discharge of his official duties.\n\nHISTORY: 1947, p. 30; Michie Suppl. 1948, \u00a7 4827b.","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}}