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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 19 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. Unfortunately, the 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70227,"section_number":"9.1-601","catch_line":"Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-601\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285411,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69045,"identifier":"9.1-507","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-507","url":"\/9.1-507\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-507\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-507","dublin_core":{"Title":"Chapter accords minimum rights; exception","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-507","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The rights accorded law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span> in this chapter are minimum rights and all agencies, unless otherwise provided in this section, shall adopt grievance procedures that are consistent with this chapter. However, an agency<\/span> may provide for additional rights of law<\/span>-enforcement officers<\/span> in its grievance procedure. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> or law<\/span>-enforcement agency<\/span> that serves under the authority of a locality that has established a law<\/span>-enforcement civilian oversight body pursuant to § 9.1-601<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCHAPTER ACCORDS MINIMUM RIGHTS; EXCEPTION (\u00a7 9.1-507)\n\nA. The rights accorded law-enforcement officers in this chapter are minimum\nrights and all agencies, unless otherwise provided in this section, shall adopt\ngrievance procedures that are consistent with this chapter. However, an agency\nmay provide for additional rights of law-enforcement officers in its grievance\nprocedure.\n\nB. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any law-enforcement officer\nor law-enforcement agency that serves under the authority of a locality that has\nestablished a law-enforcement civilian oversight body pursuant to §\n9.1-601.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 19, \u00a7 2.1-116.9; 2001, c. 844; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 29, 30.","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}}