19.2-18 - Powers and duties generally. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-18. Powers and duties generally.

Every conservator of the peace shall have authority to arrest without awarrant in such instances as are set out in §§ 19.2-19 and 19.2-81. Uponmaking an arrest without a warrant, the conservator of the peace shallproceed in accordance with the provisions of § 19.2-22 or § 19.2-82 as thecase may be.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-20; 1960, c. 366; 1968, c. 639; 1972, c. 549; 1975, c.495.)