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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 142 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 1968 \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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":197589,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57045,"identifier":"3.2-5310","token":"3.2\/IV\/53\/3.2-5310","url":"\/3.2-5310\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5310\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/53\/3.2-5310","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right of entry","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5310","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> may enter during normal business hours on or into any premises or any vehicle wherein eggs<\/span> are bought, stored, sold, offered for sale, processed, or transported, or wherein the Commissioner<\/span> has reason to believe that any such activity is carried on, in order<\/span> to inspect and examine eggs<\/span>, egg containers, any equipment, facilities or records pertinent to the conduct of activities subject to this chapter or regulations implementing the same, or to ascertain the state of compliance with any order<\/span> issued by the Department<\/span> pursuant to this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIGHT OF ENTRY (\u00a7 3.2-5310)\n\nThe Commissioner may enter during normal business hours on or into any premises\nor any vehicle wherein eggs are bought, stored, sold, offered for sale,\nprocessed, or transported, or wherein the Commissioner has reason to believe\nthat any such activity is carried on, in order to inspect and examine eggs, egg\ncontainers, any equipment, facilities or records pertinent to the conduct of\nactivities subject to this chapter or regulations implementing the same, or to\nascertain the state of compliance with any order issued by the Department\npursuant to this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 142, \u00a7 3.1-769.3; 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}}