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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 540; in 1979, chapter 264; in 1982, chapter 64; in 1987, chapter 488; in 1988, chapter 605; in 2007, chapter 87<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":351949,"section_number":"19.2-81","catch_line":"Arrest without warrant authorized in certain cases","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-81\/"},{"id":356850,"section_number":"29.1-208","catch_line":"Searches and seizures","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-208\/"},{"id":374816,"section_number":"62.1-194.2","catch_line":"Throwing trash, etc., into or obstructing river, creek, stream or swamp","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-194.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":357095,"section_number":"29.1-700","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/29.1-700\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1419425,"object_type":"law","relational_id":356847,"identifier":"29.1-205","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-205","url":"\/29.1-205\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-205\/","token":"29.1\/2\/29.1-205","dublin_core":{"Title":"Power to make arrests","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-205","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All conservation police officers<\/span> are vested with the authority, upon displaying a badge or other credential of office, to issue<\/span> a summons<\/span> or to arrest<\/span> any person found in the act of violating any of the provisions of the hunting, trapping, inland fish and boating laws<\/span>.<\/p>

Regular conservation police officers<\/span> are vested with the same authority as sheriffs and other law<\/span>-enforcement officers to enforce all of the criminal laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth.<\/p>

Any special conservation police officer shall have general police power while performing his duty on properties owned or controlled by the Board<\/span>.<\/p>

Any commissioned, warrant or petty officers of the United States Coast Guard and of the United States Coast Guard Reserve while engaged on active duty, in the conduct of their official duties in uniform, and any officers of the customs as defined by 19 U.S.C. \u00a7 1709 (b), in the conduct of their official duties in uniform, shall have the same power to make arrests<\/span> under Chapter 7 (\u00a7 29.1-700<\/a> et seq.) of Title 29.1 as conservation police officers<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWER TO MAKE ARRESTS (\u00a7 29.1-205)\n\nAll conservation police officers are vested with the authority, upon displaying\na badge or other credential of office, to issue a summons or to arrest any\nperson found in the act of violating any of the provisions of the hunting,\ntrapping, inland fish and boating laws.\n\nRegular conservation police officers are vested with the same authority as\nsheriffs and other law-enforcement officers to enforce all of the criminal laws\nof the Commonwealth.\n\nAny special conservation police officer shall have general police power while\nperforming his duty on properties owned or controlled by the Board.\n\nAny commissioned, warrant or petty officers of the United States Coast Guard and\nof the United States Coast Guard Reserve while engaged on active duty, in the\nconduct of their official duties in uniform, and any officers of the customs as\ndefined by 19 U.S.C. \u00a7 1709 (b), in the conduct of their official duties in\nuniform, shall have the same power to make arrests under Chapter 7 (\u00a7 29.1-700\net seq.) of Title 29.1 as conservation police officers.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 29-32; 1960, c. 540; 1979, c. 264; 1982, c. 64; 1987, c.\n488; 1988, c. 605; 2007, c. 87.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}