CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 27-85.4)

For the purposes of this article:

   “Action” includes nonaction or the failure to take action.

“Authorized agencies” means:

   i.  The chief or director of any municipal or county fire or police department
   or the sheriff of any county;

   ii.  The arson investigator of the State Police Department; the Alcohol,
   Tobacco and Firearms Division of the United States Department of the Treasury;
   or

   iii.  The attorney for the Commonwealth or other person responsible for
   prosecutions in the jurisdiction where the fire occurred.

“Insurance company” includes the Virginia Property Insurance
Association.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 279; 1985, c. 58; 2008, c. 410.