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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55372</law_id><section_number>15.2-1728</section_number><catch_line>Mutual aid agreements between police departments and federal authorities</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>30-34.2:1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="17">Police and Public Order</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Interjurisdictional Law-Enforcement Authority and Agreements</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any case where exclusive <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over any property or territory has been granted by the Commonwealth to the United States government, or to a department or agency thereof, the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of any contiguous <span class="dictionary">locality</span> or the Division of Capitol Police may enter into a mutual aid agreement with the appropriate federal authorities to authorize police cooperation and assistance within such property or territory. Subject to the conditions of any such agreement, all police officers and agents of the contracting <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> or agency shall have the same powers, rights, benefits, <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> and immunities while acting in the performance of their duties on the property or territory under federal authority as are lawfully conferred upon them within their own <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span>.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 33, &#xA7; 15.1-131.10; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 437.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
