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The dealer or his employee shall permit the officer to (i) examine all records required by this chapter and any article listed in a record which is believed by the officer to be missing or stolen and (ii) search for and take into possession any article known to him to be missing, or known or believed by him to have been stolen.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":274061,"text":"Every dealer or his employee shall admit to his place of business during regular business hours the chief law-enforcement officer or his designee of the jurisdiction in which the dealer is located or any law-enforcement officer of the state or federal government. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 174 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 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":244533,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76346,"identifier":"54.1-4101.1","token":"54.1\/V\/41\/54.1-4101.1","url":"\/54.1-4101.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-4101.1\/","token":"54.1\/V\/41\/54.1-4101.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Officers may examine records or property; warrantless search and seizure authorized","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-4101.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> or his employee shall admit to his place of business during regular business hours the chief <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer or his designee of the <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> in which the <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> is located or any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer of the state or federal government. The <span class=\"dictionary\">dealer<\/span> or his employee shall permit the officer to (i) examine all records required by this chapter and any article listed in a record which is believed by the officer to be missing or stolen and (ii) search for and take into <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> any article known to him to be missing, or known or believed by him to have been stolen.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICERS MAY EXAMINE RECORDS OR PROPERTY; WARRANTLESS SEARCH AND SEIZURE\nAUTHORIZED (\u00a7 54.1-4101.1)\n\nEvery dealer or his employee shall admit to his place of business during regular\nbusiness hours the chief law-enforcement officer or his designee of the\njurisdiction in which the dealer is located or any law-enforcement officer of\nthe state or federal government. The dealer or his employee shall permit the\nofficer to (i) examine all records required by this chapter and any article\nlisted in a record which is believed by the officer to be missing or stolen and\n(ii) search for and take into possession any article known to him to be missing,\nor known or believed by him to have been stolen.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 174.","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}}