                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REASONABLE SUSPICION REQUIRED TO STOP, BOARD, OR INSPECT A NONCOMMERCIAL VESSEL
ON NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH (§ 19.2-10.3)

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no law-enforcement officer
charged with enforcing laws or regulations on the navigable waters of the
Commonwealth shall stop, board, or inspect any noncommercial vessel on the
navigable waters of the Commonwealth unless such officer has reasonable
suspicion that a violation of law or regulation exists.

B. The provisions of subsection A shall not apply to lawful stops, boardings, or
inspections conducted by conservation police officers, as defined in &#xA7;
29.1-100, or the Virginia Marine Police for the purposes of inspecting hunting,
fishing, and trapping licenses pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 28.2-231 and 29.1-337 or
creel and bag limit inspections pursuant to &#xA7; 29.1-209, nor shall it
prohibit lawful boating safety checkpoints conducted by conservation police
officers and Virginia Marine Police in accordance with established agency
policy.

HISTORY: 2015, c. 484.