CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY AND IMMUNITY OF SHERIFFS AND DEPUTIES (§ 15.2-1730.1)

In counties where no police department has been established and the sheriff is
the chief law-enforcement officer, the sheriff may enter into agreements with
any other governmental entity providing law-enforcement services in the
Commonwealth, and may furnish and receive interjurisdictional law-enforcement
assistance for all law-enforcement purposes, including those described in this
chapter, and for purposes of Chapter 3.2 (§ 44-146.13 et seq.) of Title 44.
Sheriffs and their deputies, providing or receiving such assistance, shall have
all the authority, benefits, immunity from liability and exemptions from laws,
ordinances and regulations as officers acting within their own jurisdictions.

HISTORY: 1999, c. 352.