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Such records shall not be open to public inspection, except insofar as the Department shall permit otherwise. Whenever the word &#8220;Department&#8221; appears in this article it shall be deemed to mean the Department of State Police or its successor agency in the Office of Public Safety.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":287410,"text":"The Department of State Police or its successor agency shall keep in its office a record of all fires occurring in the Commonwealth, investigation of which is provided for in this article, together with all facts, statistics and circumstances concerning the same, including the origin of the fires. Such records shall not be open to public inspection, except insofar as the Department shall permit otherwise. 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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. 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Such records shall not be open to public inspection, except insofar as the Department shall permit otherwise. Whenever the word &#8220;Department&#8221; appears in this article it shall be deemed to mean the Department of State Police or its successor agency in the Office of Public Safety.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE OR SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO KEEP RECORD OF FIRES AND\nEXPLOSIONS; WHEN OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION (\u00a7 27-55)\n\nThe Department of State Police or its successor agency shall keep in its office\na record of all fires occurring in the Commonwealth, investigation of which is\nprovided for in this article, together with all facts, statistics and\ncircumstances concerning the same, including the origin of the fires. Such\nrecords shall not be open to public inspection, except insofar as the Department\nshall permit otherwise. Whenever the word &#8220;Department&#8221; appears in\nthis article it shall be deemed to mean the Department of State Police or its\nsuccessor agency in the Office of Public Safety.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4148; 1918, p. 123; 1936, p. 259; 1948, p. 487; 1977, c.\n613.","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}}