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This law was first created in 2011. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 669<\/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. 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 2012, chapter 776<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58641,"section_number":"2.2-5517","catch_line":"Use of automatic license plate recognition systems by law-enforcement agencies","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5517\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60667,"section_number":"23.1-809","catch_line":"Public institutions of higher education; establishment of campus police departments authorized; employment of officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-809\/"}],"permalink":{"id":237501,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86761,"identifier":"52-34.7","token":"52\/7.3\/52-34.7","url":"\/52-34.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-34.7\/","token":"52\/7.3\/52-34.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-34.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Law<\/span>-enforcement agency<\/span>” means a law<\/span>-enforcement agency<\/span> with jurisdiction<\/span> over the search for a suspect in a case involving the death or serious injury of a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> or an agency employing a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> who is missing in the line of duty.\n\t\t“Law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>” means any full-time or part-time employee of the Department of State Police or a police department or sheriff’s office that is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, and any campus police officer appointed under Article 3 (\u00a7 23.1-809<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 23.1, who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime<\/span> and the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 52-34.7)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Law-enforcement agency” means a law-enforcement agency with\njurisdiction over the search for a suspect in a case involving the death or\nserious injury of a law-enforcement officer or an agency employing a\nlaw-enforcement officer who is missing in the line of duty.\n\t\t“Law-enforcement officer” means any full-time or part-time\nemployee of the Department of State Police or a police department or\nsheriff’s office that is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or\nany political subdivision thereof, and any campus police officer appointed under\nArticle 3 (\u00a7 23.1-809 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 23.1, who is responsible\nfor the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal,\ntraffic, or highway laws of the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2011, c. 669; 2012, c. 776.","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}}