{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-1712","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 15.2-1712","heading":"Employment of off-duty officers","body":"Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 2.2-3100 through 2.2-3127, any locality may adopt an ordinance which permits law-enforcement officers and deputy sheriffs in such locality to engage in off-duty employment which may occasionally require the use of their police powers in the performance of such employment. Such ordinance may include reasonable rules to apply to such off-duty employment, or it may delegate the promulgation of such reasonable rules to the chief of the respective police departments or the sheriff of the county or city.1978, c. 537, § 15.1-133.1; 1997, c. 587.","path":["Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS","Subtitle II. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Chapter 17. POLICE AND PUBLIC ORDER","Article 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/15.2-1712/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:19Z","sha256":"7de52d0f90e1f6324d8069929fe580923f057d6fa02347b1b8f177194c361511","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-1711","next":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-1713"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}