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Va. Code § 15.2-1729: Agreements for enforcement of state and county laws by federal officers on federal property

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  1. Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS
  2. Subtitle II. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
  3. Chapter 17. POLICE AND PUBLIC ORDER
  4. Article 2. INTERJURISDICTIONAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AND AGREEMENTS

A. The governing body of any county may enter into an agreement with the United States government or a department or agency thereof, under the terms of which agreement law-enforcement officers employed by such government, including but not limited to members of the United States Park Police, may enforce the laws of such county and the Commonwealth on federally owned properties within such county, and on the highways located therein and other public places abutting such properties. In the event such an agreement is entered into, all of the provisions of §§ 15.2-1724 and 15.2-1727 shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis.B. The governing body of any county governed under the provisions of Chapter 8 (§ 15.2-800 et seq.) of Title 15.2 may enter into an agreement with the United States government or a department or agency thereof, under the terms of which agreement law-enforcement officers employed by such government, including but not limited to members of the United States Park Police, may enforce the laws of such county and the Commonwealth on federally owned properties within such county, and on the highways and other public places abutting such properties. In the event such an agreement is entered into, all of the provisions of §§ 15.2-1724 and 15.2-1727 shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis.1972, c. 743, § 15.1-131.4; 1997, cc. 537, 587.

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