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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79555</law_id><section_number>33.2-1816</section_number><catch_line>Police powers; violations of law</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="33.2">Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Transportation Funding and Development</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="18">Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> All police officers of the Commonwealth and of each <span class="dictionary">affected locality or public entity</span> shall have the same powers and <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> within the limits of such <span class="dictionary">qualifying transportation facility</span> as they have in their respective areas of <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, and such police officers shall have access to the <span class="dictionary">qualifying transportation facility</span> at any time for the purpose of exercising such powers and <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. This authority does not extend to the private offices, buildings, garages, and other improvements of the <span class="dictionary">private entity</span> to any greater degree than the police power extends to any other private buildings and improvements. <a id="paragraph-285084" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1816/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> To the extent the transportation facility is a road, bridge, tunnel, overpass, or similar transportation facility for motor vehicles, the traffic and motor vehicle <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth or, if applicable, any locality or public entity shall be the same as those applying to conduct on similar transportation facilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity. Punishment for <span class="dictionary">offenses</span> shall be as prescribed by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for conduct occurring on similar transportation facilities in the Commonwealth or such locality or public entity. <a id="paragraph-285085" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/33.2-1816/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 855, &#xA7; 56-571; 1995, c. 647; 2005, cc. 504, 562; 2014, c. 805.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
