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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346259</law_id><section_number>12.1-23</section_number><catch_line>Duties and powers of bailiff and deputy bailiff</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="42" identifier="12.1">State Corporation Commission</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="4" identifier="4">Subordinate Employees of the Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">bailiff</span> and deputy <span class="dictionary">bailiffs</span> of the Commission shall, in all matters within the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the Commission, have the powers, discharge the functions, and perform the duties of a sheriff or sergeant under the <span class="dictionary">law</span>, shall preserve <span class="dictionary">order</span> during the public sessions of the Commission, and may make <span class="dictionary">arrests</span> and serve and make return on any <span class="dictionary">writ</span> or process awarded by the Commission, and execute any <span class="dictionary">writ</span>, <span class="dictionary">order</span>, or process of execution awarded upon the <span class="dictionary">findings</span> or <span class="dictionary">judgments</span> of the Commission in any matter within its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 12-43; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1981, c. 100.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
