{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-69.26","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 16.1-69.26","heading":"Judges as conservators of the peace","body":"The judge of each district court having criminal jurisdiction shall be a conservator of the peace within the limits of the territory in which he serves; and if such court is a city court, the judge thereof shall, except as otherwise provided by general law, also be a conservator of the peace for the area extending for one mile beyond the corporate limits of the city.1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.","path":["Title 16.1. COURTS NOT OF RECORD","Chapter 4.1. DISTRICT COURTS","Article 2. DISTRICTS; DISTRICT COURTS AND JUDGES"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/16.1-69.26/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:24Z","sha256":"d524aef7a1f33d852ac01081ca891a78d2e7a5e07a76abf4e1ded25bb19ed76c","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-69.25-1","next":"us-va/va.-code-16.1-69.27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}