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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 131<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238629,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73121,"identifier":"53.1-109.01","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-109.01","url":"\/53.1-109.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-109.01\/","token":"53.1\/3\/5\/53.1-109.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority for regional jail officers to carry weapons","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-109.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

It shall be lawful for any regional jail officer<\/span> who has been designated by the superintendent, and who has completed the basic course in firearms for jailers and custodial officers pursuant to subdivision 7 of \u00a7 9.1-102<\/a>, to carry and use sufficient weapons to prevent escapes, suppress<\/span> rebellion, and defend or protect himself or others in the course of his assigned duties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY FOR REGIONAL JAIL OFFICERS TO CARRY WEAPONS (\u00a7 53.1-109.01)\n\nIt shall be lawful for any regional jail officer who has been designated by the\nsuperintendent, and who has completed the basic course in firearms for jailers\nand custodial officers pursuant to subdivision 7 of \u00a7 9.1-102, to carry and use\nsufficient weapons to prevent escapes, suppress rebellion, and defend or protect\nhimself or others in the course of his assigned duties.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 131.","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}}