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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 401 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 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1987, chapter 325; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1992, chapter 148.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":231843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71773,"identifier":"46.2-1607","token":"46.2\/IV\/16\/46.2-1607","url":"\/46.2-1607\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1607\/","token":"46.2\/IV\/16\/46.2-1607","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of records and examination of inventory","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1607","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> or any person authorized by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> or any <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>, during the usual business hours, may examine any records, books, papers, or other documents required to be maintained by this chapter, and may examine any vehicle or component part of any vehicle located in the yard, garage, or storage area of any <span class=\"dictionary\">salvage dealer<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">rebuilder<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">demolisher<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">salvage pool<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">scrap metal processor<\/span>, or <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle removal operator<\/span> to ensure compliance with this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF RECORDS AND EXAMINATION OF INVENTORY (\u00a7 46.2-1607)\n\nThe Commissioner or any person authorized by the Commissioner or any\nlaw-enforcement officer, during the usual business hours, may examine any\nrecords, books, papers, or other documents required to be maintained by this\nchapter, and may examine any vehicle or component part of any vehicle located in\nthe yard, garage, or storage area of any salvage dealer, rebuilder, demolisher,\nsalvage pool, scrap metal processor, or vehicle removal operator to ensure\ncompliance with this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 401, \u00a7 46.1-550.12; 1987, c. 325; 1989, c. 727; 1992, c. 148.","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}}