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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 584<\/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. 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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":196937,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65356,"identifier":"3.2-4769","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/5\/3.2-4769","url":"\/3.2-4769\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4769\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/5\/3.2-4769","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigation by Commissioner; right of entry and inspection","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4769","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span>, upon receiving a complaint or upon his own motion<\/span>, may investigate any violation of the provisions of this article. Such investigation may include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The inspection of the books and records of any cotton handler<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The inspection of any cotton, including the weighing and reweighing of a representative sample of cotton bales stored at the cotton handler<\/span>’s premises; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The inspection of any place where cotton or any related record is or has been kept, stored, transported, or otherwise handled. In conducting the inspection, the Commissioner<\/span> may enter any premises, including any building, yard, warehouse, storage facility, or transportation facility, in which cotton or any related record is or has been kept, stored, transported, or otherwise handled. In exercising such right of entry, the Commissioner<\/span> shall enter the premises during its hours of operation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any cotton handler<\/span> who is the subject of an investigation by the Commissioner<\/span> shall, upon request, assist the Commissioner<\/span> in making any inspection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATION BY COMMISSIONER; RIGHT OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION (\u00a7 3.2-4769)\n\nA. The Commissioner, upon receiving a complaint or upon his own motion, may\ninvestigate any violation of the provisions of this article. Such investigation\nmay include:\n\n 1. The inspection of the books and records of any cotton handler;\n\n 2. The inspection of any cotton, including the weighing and reweighing of a\n representative sample of cotton bales stored at the cotton handler’s\n premises; and\n\n 3. The inspection of any place where cotton or any related record is or has\n been kept, stored, transported, or otherwise handled. In conducting the\n inspection, the Commissioner may enter any premises, including any building,\n yard, warehouse, storage facility, or transportation facility, in which cotton\n or any related record is or has been kept, stored, transported, or otherwise\n handled. In exercising such right of entry, the Commissioner shall enter the\n premises during its hours of operation.\n\nB. Any cotton handler who is the subject of an investigation by the Commissioner\nshall, upon request, assist the Commissioner in making any inspection.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 584, \u00a7 3.1-722.37; 2008, 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}}