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The extension or renewal period of the warrant shall not exceed seven days. The warrant shall be executed and returned to the clerk of the circuit court of the city or county wherein the inspection was made. The return shall list any samples taken pursuant to the warrant. After the expiration of such time, the warrant, unless executed, shall be void.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":313185,"text":"An inspection warrant shall be effective for the time specified therein, for a period of not more than seven days, unless extended or renewed by the judicial officer who signed and issued the original warrant. The judicial officer may extend or renew the inspection warrant upon application for extension or renewal setting forth the results which have been obtained or a reasonable explanation of the failure to obtain such results. The extension or renewal period of the warrant shall not exceed seven days. 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This law was first created in 1988. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 549 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 1988 \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 2014, chapter 354<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":190573,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87483,"identifier":"27-98.3","token":"27\/9\/27-98.3","url":"\/27-98.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-98.3\/","token":"27\/9\/27-98.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duration of warrant","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-98.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An inspection warrant<\/span> shall be effective for the time specified therein, for a period of not more than seven days, unless extended or renewed by the judicial officer who signed and issued the original warrant. The judicial officer may extend or renew the inspection warrant<\/span> upon application for extension or renewal setting forth the results which have been obtained or a reasonable explanation of the failure to obtain such results. The extension or renewal period of the warrant shall not exceed seven days. The warrant shall be executed and returned to the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the city or county wherein the inspection was made. The return shall list any samples taken pursuant to the warrant. After the expiration of such time, the warrant, unless executed, shall be void.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDURATION OF WARRANT (\u00a7 27-98.3)\n\nAn inspection warrant shall be effective for the time specified therein, for a\nperiod of not more than seven days, unless extended or renewed by the judicial\nofficer who signed and issued the original warrant. The judicial officer may\nextend or renew the inspection warrant upon application for extension or renewal\nsetting forth the results which have been obtained or a reasonable explanation\nof the failure to obtain such results. The extension or renewal period of the\nwarrant shall not exceed seven days. The warrant shall be executed and returned\nto the clerk of the circuit court of the city or county wherein the inspection\nwas made. The return shall list any samples taken pursuant to the warrant. After\nthe expiration of such time, the warrant, unless executed, shall be void.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 549; 2014, c. 354.","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}}