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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370330</law_id><section_number>56-354</section_number><catch_line>Conductors, etc., to be conservators of the peace</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="121" identifier="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="27" identifier="13">Railroad Corporations</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Conductors and engineers of <span class="dictionary">railroad</span> passenger trains, and station and depot agents, shall be conservators of the peace. Each shall have the same power to make <span class="dictionary">arrests</span> 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 <span class="dictionary">person</span> so arrested by them to be detained and delivered to the proper authorities for <span class="dictionary">trial</span> as soon as practicable.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 3944; 1930, p. 788; 1996, cc. 114, 157.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
