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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 29 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 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1980, chapter 291; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/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":194269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67943,"identifier":"3.2-706","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-706","url":"\/3.2-706\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-706\/","token":"3.2\/I\/7\/1\/3.2-706","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority for inspections; warrants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-706","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

To effectuate the purpose of this article, the Commissioner<\/span> may, with a warrant or with the consent of the owner, make reasonable inspections of any property in the Commonwealth and may, without a warrant, stop and inspect, in a reasonable manner, any means of conveyance moving within the Commonwealth, upon probable cause<\/span> that it contains or carries any pest<\/span>, host<\/span>, or other regulated article<\/span> subject to this article, and may make any other reasonable inspection of any property or means of conveyance for which, under the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth, no warrant is required.\n\t\tIn accordance with \u00a7 19.2-52<\/a>, the appropriate persons<\/span> have authority to issue<\/span> warrants for such inspections upon a showing by the Commissioner<\/span> that there is probable cause<\/span> to believe that there exists in or on the property to be inspected a pest<\/span>, host<\/span>, or other regulated article<\/span> subject to this article.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY FOR INSPECTIONS; WARRANTS (\u00a7 3.2-706)\n\nTo effectuate the purpose of this article, the Commissioner may, with a warrant\nor with the consent of the owner, make reasonable inspections of any property in\nthe Commonwealth and may, without a warrant, stop and inspect, in a reasonable\nmanner, any means of conveyance moving within the Commonwealth, upon probable\ncause that it contains or carries any pest, host, or other regulated article\nsubject to this article, and may make any other reasonable inspection of any\nproperty or means of conveyance for which, under the Constitution of the United\nStates and the Constitution of the Commonwealth, no warrant is required.\n\t\tIn accordance with \u00a7 19.2-52, the appropriate persons have authority to issue\nwarrants for such inspections upon a showing by the Commissioner that there is\nprobable cause to believe that there exists in or on the property to be\ninspected a pest, host, or other regulated article subject to this article.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 29, \u00a7 3.1-188.26; 1980, c. 291; 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}}