CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF DEVICES; UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION (§ 19.2-63.1)

Any electronic, mechanical or other device as defined in this chapter which is
in the possession of any sheriff’s office or police department of a
county, city or town, or in the possession of any employee of such office, shall
be under the direct control and supervision of the sheriff or chief of police of
the office or department or his designee who is an employee of the office or
department. Unauthorized possession of any such device under the provisions of
this section by any such employee is unlawful, notwithstanding the provisions of
subdivision B 2 of § 19.2-63, and a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1978, c. 63; 1988, c. 889; 2011, c. 193.