                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWER TO ARREST, TO PROCURE AND SERVE WARRANTS AND TO ISSUE SUMMONS; LIMITATION
ON AUTHORITY (§ 27-34.2)

In addition to such other duties as may be prescribed by law, the local fire
marshal and his assistants appointed pursuant to § 27-36 shall, if authorized
by the governing body of the county, city or town appointing the local fire
marshal, have the authority to arrest, to procure and serve warrants of arrest
and to issue summons in the manner authorized by general law for violation of
fire prevention and fire safety laws and related ordinances. The authority
granted in this section shall not be exercised by any local fire marshal or
assistant until such person has satisfactorily completed a training course
designed specifically for local fire marshals and their assistants, which course
shall be approved by the Virginia Fire Services Board.
		The Department of Fire Programs in cooperation with the Department of Criminal
Justice Services shall have the authority to design, establish and maintain the
required courses of instruction through such agencies and institutions as the
Departments jointly may deem appropriate and to approve such other courses as
such Departments determine appropriate.
		The authority granted in this section shall not be construed to authorize a
fire marshal or his assistants to wear or carry firearms.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 334; 1975, c. 173; 1979, c. 402; 1984, c. 779; 1986, c. 60;
1988, c. 65; 1997, c. 436.