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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 619<\/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":[{"id":73488,"section_number":"9.1-101","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-101\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73899,"section_number":"32.1-320","catch_line":"Duties of Attorney General; medical services providers audit and investigation unit","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-320\/"}],"permalink":{"id":204751,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60362,"identifier":"32.1-320.1","token":"32.1\/9\/1\/32.1-320.1","url":"\/32.1-320.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-320.1\/","token":"32.1\/9\/1\/32.1-320.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duties of sworn unit investigators","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-320.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Attorney General<\/span> may designate up to 30 persons<\/span> in the unit established under § 32.1-320<\/a> as sworn unit investigators. Any individual designated as a sworn unit investigator shall be sworn only to enforce the provisions of this article. Sworn unit investigators shall be designated as law<\/span>-enforcement officers as defined in § 9.1-101<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All sworn unit investigators shall remain subject to the federal requirements authorizing State Medicaid Fraud<\/span> Control Units pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 1007. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If a search warrant<\/span> is issued for any place of abode, a sworn unit investigator shall notify and request assistance from the State Police or the local law<\/span>-enforcement agency from the locality where such abode is located prior to executing such search warrant<\/span>. A sworn unit investigator shall not execute any search warrant<\/span> for the search of any place of abode unless such sworn unit investigator is accompanied by a State Police officer or a local law<\/span>-enforcement officer from the locality where such abode is located. Any evidence<\/span> obtained from a search warrant<\/span> executed in violation of this subsection shall not be admitted into evidence<\/span> for the Commonwealth in any prosecution<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DUTIES OF SWORN UNIT INVESTIGATORS (\u00a7 32.1-320.1)\n\nA. The Attorney General may designate up to 30 persons in the unit established\nunder § 32.1-320 as sworn unit investigators. Any individual designated as\na sworn unit investigator shall be sworn only to enforce the provisions of this\narticle. Sworn unit investigators shall be designated as law-enforcement\nofficers as defined in § 9.1-101.\n\nB. All sworn unit investigators shall remain subject to the federal requirements\nauthorizing State Medicaid Fraud Control Units pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 1007.\n\nC. If a search warrant is issued for any place of abode, a sworn unit\ninvestigator shall notify and request assistance from the State Police or the\nlocal law-enforcement agency from the locality where such abode is located prior\nto executing such search warrant. A sworn unit investigator shall not execute\nany search warrant for the search of any place of abode unless such sworn unit\ninvestigator is accompanied by a State Police officer or a local law-enforcement\nofficer from the locality where such abode is located. Any evidence obtained\nfrom a search warrant executed in violation of this subsection shall not be\nadmitted into evidence for the Commonwealth in any prosecution.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 619.","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}}