                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF CAPITOL POLICE (§ 30-34.2:1)

A. The Capitol Police may exercise within the limits of the Capitol Square, when
assigned to any other property owned, leased, or controlled by the Commonwealth
or any agency, department, institution, or commission thereof, and pursuant to
the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; 15.2-1724, 15.2-1726, and 15.2-1728 all the
powers, duties, and functions that are exercised by the police of the city or
the police or sheriff of the county within which such property is located.

B. The jurisdiction of the Capitol Police shall further extend 300 feet beyond
the boundary of any property they are required to protect, such jurisdiction to
be concurrent with that of other law-enforcement officers of the locality in
which such property is located.

C. The Capitol Police shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with
law-enforcement officers of the City of Richmond. In addition, a Capitol Police
officer who is a detector canine handler shall have concurrent jurisdiction with
the law-enforcement officers of any city or county that has requested the
assistance of the Capitol Police in the detection of firearms, ammunition,
explosives, propellants, or incendiaries.

D. In any case involving the theft or misappropriation of the personal property
of any member or employee of the General Assembly, the Capitol Police shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with law-enforcement officers of any county contiguous
to the City of Richmond. Members of the Capitol Police when assigned to
accompany the Governor or Governor-elect, members of the Governor&#8217;s
family, the Lieutenant Governor or Lieutenant Governor-elect, the Attorney
General or Attorney General-elect, members of the General Assembly, or members
of the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals of Virginia, or when directed to serve
a summons issued by the Clerk of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of
Delegates, a joint committee or commission thereof, or any committee of either
house, shall be vested with all the powers and authority of a law-enforcement
officer of any city or county in which they are required to be. All members of
the Capitol Police shall be subject to the provisions of &#xA7; 2.2-1202.1 and
Chapter 5 (&#xA7; 9.1-500 et seq.) of Title 9.1.

E. The assignment of jurisdiction to any property pursuant to this section shall
be approved by the Legislative Support Commission.

F. The Division of Capitol Police shall have the authority to enter into
contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its
duties.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 243; 1984, c. 149; 1988, c. 329; 1995, cc. 770, 818; 2003, cc.
231, 588; 2008, c. 437; 2012, cc. 803, 835; 2015, cc. 448, 455; 2018, cc. 579,
580; 2020, cc. 754, 897.