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Such warrant shall be sufficiently accurate in description so that the official executing the warrant and the owner or custodian of the property or premises can reasonably determine from the warrant the activity, condition, circumstance, object or property of which inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing is authorized.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this chapter, “manufacturing” means producing, formulating, packaging, or diluting any substance for commercial sale or resale; “emitting” means the release of any substance, whether or not intentional or avoidable, into the work environment, into the air, into the water, or otherwise into the human environment; and “toxic substance” means any substance, including (i) any raw material, intermediate product, catalyst, final product and by-product of any operation conducted in a commercial establishment and (ii) any biological organism, that has the capacity, through its physical, chemical, or biological properties, to pose a substantial risk to humans, aquatic organisms or any other animal of illness, death or impairment of normal functions, either immediately or over a period of time.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253985,"text":"An “inspection warrant” is an order in writing, made in the name of the Commonwealth, signed by any judge of the circuit court whose territorial jurisdiction encompasses the property or premises to be inspected or entered, and directed to a state or local official, commanding him to enter and to conduct any inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing required or authorized by state or local law or regulation in connection with the manufacturing, emitting or presence of a toxic substance, and which describes, either directly or by reference to any accompanying or attached supporting affidavit, the property or premises where the inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing is to occur. Such warrant shall be sufficiently accurate in description so that the official executing the warrant and the owner or custodian of the property or premises can reasonably determine from the warrant the activity, condition, circumstance, object or property of which inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing is authorized.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this chapter, “manufacturing” means producing, formulating, packaging, or diluting any substance for commercial sale or resale; “emitting” means the release of any substance, whether or not intentional or avoidable, into the work environment, into the air, into the water, or otherwise into the human environment; and “toxic substance” means any substance, including (i) any raw material, intermediate product, catalyst, final product and by-product of any operation conducted in a commercial establishment and (ii) any biological organism, that has the capacity, through its physical, chemical, or biological properties, to pose a substantial risk to humans, aquatic organisms or any other animal of illness, death or impairment of normal functions, either immediately or over a period of time.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16290,"edition_id":1,"name":"Inspection Warrants","identifier":"24","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12801,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:12:43","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:12:43","permalink":{"id":170591,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16290,"identifier":"24","token":"19.2\/24","url":"\/19.2\/24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12801,"edition_id":1,"name":"Criminal Procedure","identifier":"19.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":168169,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12801,"identifier":"19.2","token":"19.2","url":"\/19.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":70359,"structure_id":16290,"section_number":"19.2-393","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/19.2-393\/","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-393","metadata":false},{"id":78226,"structure_id":16290,"section_number":"19.2-394","catch_line":"Issuance of warrant","url":"\/19.2-394\/","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-394","metadata":false},{"id":82879,"structure_id":16290,"section_number":"19.2-395","catch_line":"Duration of warrant","url":"\/19.2-395\/","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-395","metadata":false},{"id":66240,"structure_id":16290,"section_number":"19.2-396","catch_line":"Conduct of inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing; special procedure for dwelling","url":"\/19.2-396\/","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-396","metadata":false},{"id":76611,"structure_id":16290,"section_number":"19.2-397","catch_line":"Refusal to permit authorized inspection; penalty","url":"\/19.2-397\/","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-397","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":78226,"structure_id":16290,"section_number":"19.2-394","catch_line":"Issuance of warrant","url":"\/19.2-394\/","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-394","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/19.2-393\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 625 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1979, chapter 122.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83129,"section_number":"10.1-1197.10","catch_line":"Right of entry to inspect, etc.; warrants","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1197.10\/"},{"id":60600,"section_number":"10.1-1456","catch_line":"Right of entry to inspect, etc.; warrants","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1456\/"},{"id":76298,"section_number":"3.2-1001","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-1001\/"},{"id":86774,"section_number":"32.1-25","catch_line":"Right of entry to inspect, etc.; warrants","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-25\/"},{"id":81067,"section_number":"35.1-5","catch_line":"Right of entry to inspect, etc.; warrants","order_by":null,"url":"\/35.1-5\/"},{"id":69579,"section_number":"46.2-1175","catch_line":"Operators of certain commuter buses to maintain certain records; inspection of records and buses by employees of Department of State Police; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1175\/"},{"id":68439,"section_number":"52-8.4","catch_line":"Powers and duties to promulgate regulations; inspection of certain records","order_by":null,"url":"\/52-8.4\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":170593,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70359,"identifier":"19.2-393","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-393","url":"\/19.2-393\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-393\/","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-393","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-393","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An “inspection warrant” is an order<\/span> in writing, made in the name of the Commonwealth, signed by any judge<\/span> of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> whose territorial jurisdiction<\/span> encompasses the property or premises to be inspected or entered, and directed to a state or local official, commanding him to enter and to conduct any inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing required or authorized by state or local law<\/span> or regulation in connection with the manufacturing<\/span>, emitting<\/span> or presence of a toxic substance<\/span>, and which describes, either directly or by reference to any accompanying or attached supporting affidavit<\/span>, the property or premises where the inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing is to occur. Such warrant shall be sufficiently accurate in description so that the official executing the warrant and the owner or custodian of the property or premises can reasonably determine from the warrant the activity, condition, circumstance, object<\/span> or property of which inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing is authorized.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this chapter, “manufacturing<\/span>” means producing, formulating, packaging, or diluting any substance for commercial sale or resale; “emitting<\/span>” means the release of any substance, whether or not intentional or avoidable, into the work environment, into the air, into the water, or otherwise into the human environment; and “toxic substance<\/span>” means any substance, including (i) any raw material<\/span>, intermediate product, catalyst, final product and by-product of any operation conducted in a commercial establishment and (ii) any biological organism, that has the capacity, through its physical, chemical, or biological properties, to pose a substantial risk to humans, aquatic organisms or any other animal of illness, death or impairment of normal functions, either immediately or over a period of time.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 19.2-393)\n\nAn “inspection warrant” is an order in writing, made in the name of\nthe Commonwealth, signed by any judge of the circuit court whose territorial\njurisdiction encompasses the property or premises to be inspected or entered,\nand directed to a state or local official, commanding him to enter and to\nconduct any inspection, testing or collection of samples for testing required or\nauthorized by state or local law or regulation in connection with the\nmanufacturing, emitting or presence of a toxic substance, and which describes,\neither directly or by reference to any accompanying or attached supporting\naffidavit, the property or premises where the inspection, testing or collection\nof samples for testing is to occur. Such warrant shall be sufficiently accurate\nin description so that the official executing the warrant and the owner or\ncustodian of the property or premises can reasonably determine from the warrant\nthe activity, condition, circumstance, object or property of which inspection,\ntesting or collection of samples for testing is authorized.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this chapter, “manufacturing” means producing,\nformulating, packaging, or diluting any substance for commercial sale or resale;\n“emitting” means the release of any substance, whether or not\nintentional or avoidable, into the work environment, into the air, into the\nwater, or otherwise into the human environment; and “toxic\nsubstance” means any substance, including (i) any raw material,\nintermediate product, catalyst, final product and by-product of any operation\nconducted in a commercial establishment and (ii) any biological organism, that\nhas the capacity, through its physical, chemical, or biological properties, to\npose a substantial risk to humans, aquatic organisms or any other animal of\nillness, death or impairment of normal functions, either immediately or over a\nperiod of time.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 625; 1979, c. 122.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}