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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77447</law_id><section_number>23.1-816</section_number><catch_line>Extending police power of public institutions of higher education beyond boundaries; jurisdiction of general district courts; duty of attorneys for the Commonwealth</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="23.1">Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Students and Campus</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Health and Campus Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Campus Safety; Campus Police Departments</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of any <span class="dictionary">public institution of higher education</span> that leases, rents, or owns satellite campuses, public buildings, and other property located beyond the limits of such institution has and may exercise full police power over such property and individuals using such property. The <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> may prescribe policies and regulations for the operation and use of such properties and the conduct of individuals using such property and may provide appropriate administrative penalties for the violation of such policies and regulations. <a id="paragraph-277806" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-816/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The general district <span class="dictionary">court</span> for the locality in which violations of <span class="dictionary">law</span> or policies or regulations established by the <span class="dictionary">governing board</span> of the institution pursuant to subsection A occurs has <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over all cases involving such violations. <a id="paragraph-277807" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-816/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> It is the duty of each local attorney for the Commonwealth to <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> all violators of the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> pertaining to the provisions enumerated in this article that occur in such locality. <a id="paragraph-277808" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/23.1-816/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 711, &#xA7; 23-234.1; 2016, c. 588.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
