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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 446<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68842,"section_number":"19.2-52","catch_line":"When search warrant may issue","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-52\/"}],"permalink":{"id":193373,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87495,"identifier":"29.1-576","token":"29.1\/5\/7\/29.1-576","url":"\/29.1-576\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/29.1-576\/","token":"29.1\/5\/7\/29.1-576","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority for inspection; warrants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 29.1-576","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

To carry out the purposes of this article, the Director<\/span> may obtain a warrant pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-52<\/a>, or with the consent of the owner enter upon and conduct reasonable inspections of any property in the Commonwealth to determine if a nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species<\/span> is present and to seize or eradicate any nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species<\/span> found on such property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY FOR INSPECTION; WARRANTS (\u00a7 29.1-576)\n\nTo carry out the purposes of this article, the Director may obtain a warrant\npursuant to \u00a7 19.2-52, or with the consent of the owner enter upon and conduct\nreasonable inspections of any property in the Commonwealth to determine if a\nnonindigenous aquatic nuisance species is present and to seize or eradicate any\nnonindigenous aquatic nuisance species found on such property.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 446.","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}}