                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWER OF GOVERNOR TO SUMMON LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, NATIONAL GUARD, ETC., TO
EXECUTE PROCESS OR PRESERVE THE PEACE (§ 18.2-410)

If it appears to the Governor that the power of the locality is not sufficient
to enable the sheriff or other officer to execute process delivered to him or to
suppress riots and to preserve the peace, he may order law-enforcement agencies,
national guard, militia or other agencies of the Commonwealth or localities as
may be necessary to execute such process and to preserve the peace. All persons
so ordered or summoned by the Governor are required to attend and act. Any
person who, without lawful cause, refuses or neglects to obey the command, shall
be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-254.7; 1968, c. 460; 1975, cc. 14, 15.