15.2-1730.1 - Authority and immunity of sheriffs and deputies. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-1730.1. Authority and immunity of sheriffs and deputies.

In counties where no police department has been established and the sheriffis the chief law-enforcement officer, the sheriff may enter into agreementswith any other governmental entity providing law-enforcement services in theCommonwealth, and may furnish and receive interjurisdictional law-enforcementassistance for all law-enforcement purposes, including those described inthis chapter, and for purposes of Chapter 3.2 (§ 44-146.13 et seq.) of Title44. Sheriffs and their deputies, providing or receiving such assistance,shall have all the authority, benefits, immunity from liability andexemptions from laws, ordinances and regulations as officers acting withintheir own jurisdictions.

(1999, c. 352.)