66-21 - Superintendents and agents of facilities to have powers of sheriff.
§ 66-21. Superintendents and agents of facilities to have powers of sheriff.
The superintendents of the facilities established by the Department pursuantto § 66-13 and their authorized agents shall have the powers of a sheriff forthe purpose of preserving order at their facilities and for the conveyance ofchildren committed to their care to and from such facilities.
(Code 1950, §§ 53-332, 63-371, 63.1-247; 1968, c. 578; 1974, cc. 44, 45;1981, c. 487; 1982, c. 636, § 53.1-246; 1989, c. 733.)