CODE OF VIRGINIA

JUDGES AS CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE (§ 16.1-69.26)

The judge of each district court having criminal jurisdiction shall be a
conservator of the peace within the limits of the territory in which he serves;
and if such court is a city court, the judge thereof shall, except as otherwise
provided by general law, also be a conservator of the peace for the area
extending for one mile beyond the corporate limits of the city.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.