Virginia legal term
Law-enforcement agency in Virginia Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Virginia legislative session
In Virginia criminal law, “Law-enforcement agency” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Virginia criminal code.
What does “Law-enforcement agency” mean in Virginia criminal law?
"Law-enforcement agency" means the state or local law-enforcement agency with the primary responsibility for investigating an alleged sexual assault offense case and includes the employees of that agency. (Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-11.5)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Duty of driver to stop, etc., in event of accident involving injury or death or damage to attended property
- Falsely summoning or giving false reports to law-enforcement officials
- Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons subject to protective orders
- Application for and issuance of search warrant for a tracking device
- Carnal knowledge of a person detained or arrested by a law-enforcement officer or an inmate, parolee, probationer, juvenile detainee, pretrial defendant or posttrial offender, or confidential informant
- Disclosure of expunged records
- Firearm in unattended motor vehicle
- Firearm verification check
- Fraudulent procurement, sale, or receipt of telephone records
- Penalties for failure to report removal or alteration of identification or serial number on business machines
- Penalty
- Possession of an unlawful electronic communication device or equipment etc., used to manufacture such device
Related terms in the same statutes
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