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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71176</law_id><section_number>53.1-146</section_number><catch_line>Use of officers as to persons convicted of local violations; payment of expenses</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="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Probation and Parole</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">State Probation and Parole Services</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon request of the governing body of a county, city or town, the <span class="dictionary">probation</span> and <span class="dictionary">parole</span> officer shall perform the same duties and have the same powers as to persons convicted for violations of <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> of the county, city or town as he has as to persons violating <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth. The county, city or town so using the services of a <span class="dictionary">probation</span> and <span class="dictionary">parole</span> officer shall pay a pro rata part of his expenses to be arrived at by mutual agreement between the local governing body and the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-249; 1970, c. 648; 1974, cc. 44, 45; 1982, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
