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The president or any other executive officer of any railroad company<\/span> incorporated by this Commonwealth may, with the approval of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of any county or the corporation<\/span> court<\/span> of any city through which the road passes or has its chief office, appoint one or more police agents, who shall have authority in all cases in which the rights of such railroad company<\/span> are involved to exercise within the Commonwealth all powers which can be lawfully exercised by any police officer for the preservation of the peace, the arrest<\/span> of offenders and disorderly persons<\/span>, and for the enforcement of laws<\/span> against crimes<\/span>; and such president or other executive officer may remove any such agent at his pleasure; but, any court<\/span> giving such consent may at any time revoke it.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRAILROAD COMPANY MAY APPOINT POLICE AGENTS (\u00a7 56-353)\n\nThe president or any other executive officer of any railroad company\nincorporated by this Commonwealth may, with the approval of the circuit court of\nany county or the corporation court of any city through which the road passes or\nhas its chief office, appoint one or more police agents, who shall have\nauthority in all cases in which the rights of such railroad company are involved\nto exercise within the Commonwealth all powers which can be lawfully exercised\nby any police officer for the preservation of the peace, the arrest of offenders\nand disorderly persons, and for the enforcement of laws against crimes; and such\npresident or other executive officer may remove any such agent at his pleasure;\nbut, any court giving such consent may at any time revoke it.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3944; 1930, p. 787.","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}}