Virginia Code 29.1-203: Jurisdiction; power to serve process
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A. Conservation police officers shall have jurisdiction throughout the Commonwealth to enforce the hunting, trapping and inland fish laws and may serve process in all matters arising from violations of such laws.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 29.1-203
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Process: includes subpoenas, the summons and complaint in a civil action, and process in statutory actions. See Virginia Code 1-237
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. See Virginia Code 1-245
B. Conservation police officers shall enforce the State Water Control Board’s regulations designating Smith Mountain Lake as a no-discharge zone for boat sewage.
Code 1950, § 29-30; 1979, c. 264; 1987, c. 488; 2001, cc. 93, 123.