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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 643 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 1987 \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 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0354\">354<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":220063,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66969,"identifier":"40.1-49.10","token":"40.1\/3\/5\/40.1-49.10","url":"\/40.1-49.10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/40.1-49.10\/","token":"40.1\/3\/5\/40.1-49.10","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duration of warrant","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 40.1-49.10","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any administrative <span class=\"dictionary\">search warrant<\/span> issued shall be effective for the time specified therein, but not for a period of more than fifteen days, unless extended or renewed by the judicial officer who signed and issued the original warrant. The warrant shall be executed and shall be returned to the clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of the city or county wherein the inspection was made within the time specified in the warrant or within the extended or renewed time. The return shall list any records removed or samples taken pursuant to the warrant. After the expiration of such time, the warrant, unless executed, shall be void.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDURATION OF WARRANT (\u00a7 40.1-49.10)\n\nAny administrative search warrant issued shall be effective for the time\nspecified therein, but not for a period of more than fifteen days, unless\nextended or renewed by the judicial officer who signed and issued the original\nwarrant. The warrant shall be executed and shall be returned to the clerk of the\ncircuit court of the city or county wherein the inspection was made within the\ntime specified in the warrant or within the extended or renewed time. The return\nshall list any records removed or samples taken pursuant to the warrant. After\nthe expiration of such time, the warrant, unless executed, shall be void.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 643; 2014, c. 354.","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}}