10.1-1138 - Rewards for information leading to conviction of arsonists or incendiaries.
§ 10.1-1138. Rewards for information leading to conviction of arsonists orincendiaries.
The State Forester shall be authorized, whenever it appears to him thatforest fires in any part of the Commonwealth are caused by unknown arsonistsor incendiaries, to offer a monetary reward for information sufficient toprocure conviction in a court of appropriate jurisdiction of the person orpersons responsible for such fire. No law-enforcement officer paid in wholeor in part from public funds or employee of the Department shall be eligibleto receive such reward.
All such reward money shall be paid from funds appropriated for theprotection and development of the forest resources of this Commonwealth, andshall not exceed either $10,000 paid in any one fiscal year or $2,000 paid toany one person for information leading to any one conviction.
(1966, c. 8, § 10-57.1; 1986, cc. 188, 567; 1988, c. 891.)