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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 715<\/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 2025, chapter 337<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75934,"section_number":"53.1-71.4","catch_line":"Powers and duties not delegable to contractor","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-71.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62340,"identifier":"53.1-71.2","token":"53.1\/3\/1.1\/53.1-71.2","url":"\/53.1-71.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-71.2\/","token":"53.1\/3\/1.1\/53.1-71.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of security employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-71.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Security employees of a regional jail facility contractor approved by the General Assembly to operate a regional jail facility pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-71.4<\/a> shall be allowed to use force and shall exercise their powers and authority only while on the grounds of a regional jail facility under the supervision of the regional jail facility contractor, while transporting inmates, and while pursuing escapees from such facilities until such time that the pursuit of the escapees is assumed by state or local law<\/span>-enforcement agencies. All provisions of law<\/span> pertaining to custodians of inmates or jail guards or officers shall apply to contractors’ security employees.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF SECURITY EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 53.1-71.2)\n\nSecurity employees of a regional jail facility contractor approved by the\nGeneral Assembly to operate a regional jail facility pursuant to \u00a7 53.1-71.4\nshall be allowed to use force and shall exercise their powers and authority only\nwhile on the grounds of a regional jail facility under the supervision of the\nregional jail facility contractor, while transporting inmates, and while\npursuing escapees from such facilities until such time that the pursuit of the\nescapees is assumed by state or local law-enforcement agencies. All provisions\nof law pertaining to custodians of inmates or jail guards or officers shall\napply to contractors’ security employees.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 715; 2025, c. 337.","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}}