2014 Virginia Code
Title 56 - Public Service Companies
§ 56-354. Conductors, etc., to be conservators of the peace


VA Code § 56-354 (2014) What's This?

Conductors and engineers of railroad passenger trains, and station and depot agents, shall be conservators of the peace. Each shall have the same power to make arrests that other conservators of the peace have except that the conductors and engineers of passenger trains shall only have such power on board their respective trains and on the property of their companies while on duty and the agents at their respective places of business. Conductors, engineers, and agents may cause any person so arrested by them to be detained and delivered to the proper authorities for trial as soon as practicable.

Code 1919, ยง 3944; 1930, p. 788; 1996, cc. 114, 157.

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