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P. 1948, \u00a7 27-37; 1974, c. 41.","full_text":"In cities and towns having police and fire departments or having a fire inspector employed by such city or town, the respective heads of such departments and the mayor of such city or town shall, as a committee of three, or the fire inspector of such city or town, inspect at least semiannually, all buildings mentioned in \u00a7 27-51 which are located in their city or town, and see that the provisions thereof are complied with.\n\t\tIn cities and towns which do not possess police and fire departments or a fire inspector, the mayor and two members of the council to be selected by the mayor shall, as a committee of three, inspect all such buildings located in their city or town semiannually, and see that the provisions of \u00a7 27-51 are complied with. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\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 1974, chapter 41.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56809,"section_number":"27-51","catch_line":"Exits from public halls, theaters and opera houses","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-51\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190335,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67190,"identifier":"27-52","token":"27\/5\/1\/27-52","url":"\/27-52\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-52\/","token":"27\/5\/1\/27-52","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of buildings designated in preceding section","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-52","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In cities and towns having police and fire departments or having a fire inspector employed by such city or town, the respective heads of such departments and the mayor of such city or town shall, as a committee of three, or the fire inspector of such city or town, inspect at least semiannually, all buildings mentioned in \u00a7 27-51<\/a> which are located in their city or town, and see that the provisions thereof are complied with.\n\t\tIn cities and towns which do not possess police and fire departments or a fire inspector, the mayor and two members of the council to be selected by the mayor shall, as a committee of three, inspect all such buildings located in their city or town semiannually, and see that the provisions of \u00a7 27-51<\/a> are complied with. Any such building as to which such provisions have not been complied with, may be closed by order<\/span> of the mayor of the city or town until the provisions are complied with.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF BUILDINGS DESIGNATED IN PRECEDING SECTION (\u00a7 27-52)\n\nIn cities and towns having police and fire departments or having a fire\ninspector employed by such city or town, the respective heads of such\ndepartments and the mayor of such city or town shall, as a committee of three,\nor the fire inspector of such city or town, inspect at least semiannually, all\nbuildings mentioned in \u00a7 27-51 which are located in their city or town, and see\nthat the provisions thereof are complied with.\n\t\tIn cities and towns which do not possess police and fire departments or a fire\ninspector, the mayor and two members of the council to be selected by the mayor\nshall, as a committee of three, inspect all such buildings located in their city\nor town semiannually, and see that the provisions of \u00a7 27-51 are complied with.\nAny such building as to which such provisions have not been complied with, may\nbe closed by order of the mayor of the city or town until the provisions are\ncomplied with.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 3143; R. P. 1948, \u00a7 27-37; 1974, c. 41.","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}}