Code of Virginia - Title 29.1 Game, Inland Fisheries And Boating - Chapter 2 Conservation Police Officers

  • 29.1-200 Appointment of conservation police officers
    A. The Director shall appoint regular and special conservation police officers as he may deem necessary to enforce the game and inland fish laws and ...
  • 29.1-201 Bond
    Before entering upon the discharge of his official duties, each conservation police officer shall post bond with a guaranty company, authorized to do business within ...
  • 29.1-202 Ex officio conservation police officers
    All sheriffs, police officers or other peace officers of this Commonwealth shall be ex officio conservation police officers. (Code 1950, § 29-29; 1987, c. 488.) ...
  • 29.1-203 Jurisdiction; power to serve process
    A. Conservation police officers shall have jurisdiction throughout the Commonwealth to enforce the hunting, trapping and inland fish laws and may serve process in all ...
  • 29.1-204 Assisting the Director; supervision
    The conservation police officers shall assist the Director in discharging his official duties. Each regular and special conservation police officer shall be under the supervision ...
  • 29.1-205 Power to make arrests
    All conservation police officers are vested with the authority, upon displaying a badge or other credential of office, to issue a summons or to arrest ...
  • 29.1-206 Description unavailable
    Reserved. ...
  • 29.1-207 Impeding conservation police officer, etc., in discharge of his duty
    If any person, by threats or force, attempts to intimidate or impede any law-enforcement officer enforcing the game, inland fish and boating laws, he shall ...
  • 29.1-208 Searches and seizures
    All conservation police officers are vested with the authority to search any person arrested as provided in § 29.1-205 together with any box, can, package, ...
  • 29.1-209 Inspection of game and fish without arrest
    In order to see that bag or creel limits are being observed, conservation police officers shall also have the power to inspect game, fur-bearing animals ...
  • 29.1-210 Person arrested may be committed to jail, bailed, recognized or summoned
    Any person arrested for a violation of the game, inland fish and boating laws may be committed to jail pending trial or admitted to bail ...
  • 29.1-211 Description unavailable
    Reserved. ...
  • 29.1-212 Precaution against fire
    The conservation police officer shall caution persons of the danger from fires and, if possible, extinguish all fires left burning by anyone. When possible, he ...
  • 29.1-213 Taking samples of water believed to be polluted
    Any conservation police officer appointed under the provisions of this title may, and shall when requested by a member of the governing body of a ...
  • 29.1-214 Duties of State Water Control Board with respect to water samples
    Upon the receipt of any water sample sent under § 29.1-213, the State Water Control Board shall have a chemical analysis of the sample made ...
  • 29.1-215 , 29.1-216
    Reserved. ...
  • 29.1-217 Special conservation police officers receiving no compensation from Commonwealth
    A. On request of any employer owning more than 500 acres in this Commonwealth, the Director may appoint as special conservation police officers persons employed ...
  • 29.1-218 Defense of conservation police officer prosecuted on criminal charge
    If any conservation police officer appointed by the Director is prosecuted on any criminal charge arising out of any act committed in performing his official ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009