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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":196747,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61855,"identifier":"3.2-4723","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/2\/3.2-4723","url":"\/3.2-4723\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4723\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/2\/3.2-4723","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right of entry; administration of oaths; testimony","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4723","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Conduct investigations relative to the complaint or matter being investigated, and he shall have at all times unimpeded access to all buildings, yards, warehouses, storage and transportation facilities in which any <span class=\"dictionary\">farm products<\/span> are kept, stored, handled, or transported; <a id=\"paragraph-225887\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4723\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Administer <span class=\"dictionary\">oaths<\/span> and take <span class=\"dictionary\">testimony<\/span>, and <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">subpoenas<\/span> requiring the attendance of witnesses before him, together with all books, memoranda, papers, and other documents, articles or instruments; and <a id=\"paragraph-225888\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4723\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Compel the disclosure by witnesses of all <span class=\"dictionary\">facts<\/span> known to them relative to the matters under investigation. <a id=\"paragraph-225889\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4723\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT OF ENTRY; ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS; TESTIMONY (\u00a7 3.2-4723)\n\nThe Commissioner may:\n\n1. Conduct investigations relative to the complaint or matter being\ninvestigated, and he shall have at all times unimpeded access to all buildings,\nyards, warehouses, storage and transportation facilities in which any farm\nproducts are kept, stored, handled, or transported;\n\n2. Administer oaths and take testimony, and issue subpoenas requiring the\nattendance of witnesses before him, together with all books, memoranda, papers,\nand other documents, articles or instruments; and\n\n3. Compel the disclosure by witnesses of all facts known to them relative to the\nmatters under investigation.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 3-547, 3-548; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-705, 3.1-706;\n2008, c. 860.","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}}