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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 773<\/a> and 1021<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":78828,"section_number":"44-146.17","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Governor","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-146.17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202081,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66225,"identifier":"32.1-48.017","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.017","url":"\/32.1-48.017\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.017\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.017","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of public or private property or facilities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.017","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon the declaration by the Governor of a state of emergency pursuant to § 44-146.17<\/a>, the State Health Commissioner<\/span>, acting in concert with the Governor, shall be authorized to require the use of any public or private property, building or facility to implement any order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or order<\/span> of isolation<\/span>. The State Health Commissioner<\/span> and the Governor shall find, together, that the use of the property, building or facility is necessary and appropriate to enforce an order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or an order<\/span> of isolation<\/span> in the least restrictive environment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If the Commissioner<\/span> and the Governor elect to use any public or private property, building or facility pursuant to this article and this section, the Commissioner<\/span> shall make accommodations, in conjunction with the owner or operator of the property, building or facility, for persons<\/span> who are employed in, using or occupying the property, building or facility and who are not covered by the relevant order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or order<\/span> of isolation<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Owners or operators of any property, building or facility so commandeered shall be entitled to compensation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY OR FACILITIES (\u00a7 32.1-48.017)\n\nA. Upon the declaration by the Governor of a state of emergency pursuant to\n§ 44-146.17, the State Health Commissioner, acting in concert with the\nGovernor, shall be authorized to require the use of any public or private\nproperty, building or facility to implement any order of quarantine or order of\nisolation. The State Health Commissioner and the Governor shall find, together,\nthat the use of the property, building or facility is necessary and appropriate\nto enforce an order of quarantine or an order of isolation in the least\nrestrictive environment.\n\nB. If the Commissioner and the Governor elect to use any public or private\nproperty, building or facility pursuant to this article and this section, the\nCommissioner shall make accommodations, in conjunction with the owner or\noperator of the property, building or facility, for persons who are employed in,\nusing or occupying the property, building or facility and who are not covered by\nthe relevant order of quarantine or order of isolation.\n\nC. Owners or operators of any property, building or facility so commandeered\nshall be entitled to compensation.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 773, 1021.","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}}