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Virginia law, in your pocket.
Virginia criminal and traffic statutes, the Virginia decisions that interpret them, and field guides that walk the call — built from published state sources, on your phone with no signal needed. Covers Title 18.2 and Title 46.2.
STATUTE DETAIL IN THE APP
(NEW JERSEY SHOWN — STATE PACKS RENDER THE SAME)
The rules that are Virginia’s own.
Federal cases set the minimum. Virginia’s courts have their own answers — and those are the ones that control your stop, your search, your report.
Bristol v. Commonwealth
Saying ‘you’re under arrest’ is not an arrest. For a DUI blood or breath certificate to come in under implied consent, the suspect must be validly arrested — probable cause plus either physical restraint or genuine submission to your authority — before the sample is drawn and within the statutory three-hour window. Signing a consent-to-draw form is not submission.
272 Va. 568 (2006)READ THE OPINION →
Matthews v. Commonwealth
Finish the traffic mission promptly. Unrelated questions or a K-9 that measurably extend the stop need their own reasonable suspicion — a ‘de minimis’ delay is no exception.
65 Va. App. 334; 2015 Va. App. LEXIS 306; 778 S.E.2d 122 (2015)FULL BRIEF IN THE VA PACK →
Mason v. Commonwealth
A single observed condition — like an object dangling from the mirror you reasonably believe obstructs the driver’s view — can supply reasonable suspicion to stop. It’s judged by what a reasonable officer would suspect from the facts in front of you, not by your private thoughts.
291 Va. 362 (2016)READ THE OPINION →
FIELD GUIDES — STEP-BY-STEP FLOWCHARTS
The call, one decision at a time.
DV, juveniles, hospital holds, use of force, traffic — each guide walks the fork in the road with the Virginia law and procedure built in, the way an FTO would talk you through it.
Virginia paper plates, decoded.
Run it
VA tags CAN be run. Response shows vehicle, owner, and expiration.
Sequence letter
As of April 2026, current sequences end in C or E. Tags starting with K or earlier = likely fake or expired.
Print-on-demand?
Must be computer-generated. NO handwritten fields. Weatherproof paper — should NOT fade.
The temp-tag scanner is free for verified law enforcement — with or without a subscription. SEE HOW THE SCANNER WORKS →
Federal cases that reach every Virginia stop.
Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1977)
Ordering the driver out on a lawful stop — what it covers, and what it doesn’t.
Arizona v. Gant (2009)
Once the arrestee is secured, the automatic car search is gone. The two narrow windows that remain.
Riley v. California (2014)
Seizing the phone is one question. Searching its data is another.
Cross the line, keep the reference.
Task force, bi-state agency, or a beat near the border — every state gets the same breakdown, and the FEDERAL KIT travels with you.
MARYLAND → DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA → WEST VIRGINIA → KENTUCKY → TENNESSEE → NORTH CAROLINA → ALL STATES →
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