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§ 52-1. Establishment of Department headed by Superintendent; Bureau of Criminal Investigation and division of drug law enforcement and investigation within Department - There is hereby established as a separate department, a Department...
§ 52-2. Appointment of Superintendent and term of office - The Superintendent of State Police shall be appointed by the...
§ 52-3. Oath, bond, and salary of Superintendent - The Superintendent of State Police, before entering upon the discharge...
§ 52-4. Functions of Department - The highway patrol, or state police patrol as it is...
§ 52-4.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1968, c. 722.
§ 52-4.2. Department of Motor Vehicles to publish statistical information, and conduct research and experiments; copies to be furnished by Department to Commonwealth's attorneys - (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall tabulate and analyze...
§ 52-4.3. Drug Investigation Special Trust Account - A. There is hereby created in the Department of the...
§ 52-4.4. Duties relating to criminal history record information checks required by licensed firearms dealers - The Superintendent of the Department of State Police shall establish...
§ 52-4.5. (Effective until July 1, 2026) Facial recognition technology; authorized uses; Department to establish a State Police Model Facial Recognition Technology Policy; penalty - A. For purposes of this section: "Authorized use" means the...
§ 52-5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1978, c. 470.
§ 52-6. Appointment of additional police officers - The Superintendent of State Police, with the approval of the...
§ 52-6.1. Appointment of supervisory officers - All appointments to sworn police positions above the rank of...
§ 52-7. Bonds of police officers; liability insurance policies - All police officers appointed by the Superintendent of State Police,...
§ 52-8. Powers and duties to enforce criminal laws and investigate aircraft accidents - The Superintendent of State Police, his several assistants and police...
§ 52-8.1. Powers and duties of Bureau of Criminal Investigation - In addition to any other powers and duties which may...
§ 52-8.1:1. Powers and duties of a drug law enforcement and investigation division - A. In addition to any other powers and duties which...
§ 52-8.2. Certain investigations of elected officials; immunity for witnesses - A. No investigation of an elected official of the Commonwealth...
§ 52-8.3. Disclosure of criminal investigative records and reports; penalty - Any person employed by a law-enforcement agency or other governmental...
§ 52-8.4. Powers and duties to promulgate regulations; inspection of certain records - A. The Superintendent of State Police, with the cooperation of...
§ 52-8.4:1. Regulations for firearms shows - The Superintendent of State Police shall provide a form for...
§ 52-8.4:2. Certain offenses to be considered traffic infractions - Notwithstanding subsection C of § 52-8.4, any violation of any...
§ 52-8.5. Reporting hate crimes - A. The Superintendent shall establish and maintain within the Department...
§ 52-8.6. Criminal street gang reporting - When it is determined, by a state or local law-enforcement...
§ 52-9. Administration of oaths; acknowledgments and affidavits; summoning witnesses in certain cases - A. All police officers appointed by the Superintendent are vested...
§ 52-9.1. Distinctive uniform to be adopted for State police officers - The Superintendent of State Police shall cause to be designed...
§ 52-9.1:1. Retired and former law-enforcement officers; retention of badge - A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on...
§ 52-9.2. Wearing of same or similar uniforms by other persons - When such official uniform has been adopted by the Superintendent,...
§ 52-10. Fees and rewards - No court in the Commonwealth shall in any case, in...
§ 52-11. Defense of police officers - If any police officer appointed by the Superintendent of State...
§ 52-11.1. State Health Commissioner to cooperate - The State Health Commissioner shall cause to be furnished to...
§ 52-11.2. Services of State Police in areas of counties that have merged, consolidated or been annexed into cities - When a county or city merges or consolidates into a...
§ 52-11.3. Acquisition of military property - A. The Superintendent of State Police is authorized to apply...
§ 52-11.4. Disposal of unclaimed property in the possession of State Police; exemption from the Virginia Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act - The Department of State Police may provide for (i) the...
§ 52-11.5. Disposal of unclaimed firearms or other weapons in possession of the State Police - Subject to the provisions of § 19.2-386.29, the State Police...
§ 52-11.6. Arrest or summons quota prohibited - A. The Department of State Police shall not establish a...