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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 528<\/a> and 553<\/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. 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 2019, chapters 256<\/a> and 264<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":84942,"section_number":"59.1-9.10","catch_line":"Investigation by Attorney General of suspected violations; civil investigative demand to witnesses; access to business records, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-9.10\/"}],"permalink":{"id":262423,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65267,"identifier":"59.1-516","token":"59.1\/44\/59.1-516","url":"\/59.1-516\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-516\/","token":"59.1\/44\/59.1-516","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigative authority","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-516","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the Attorney General<\/span> has reasonable cause to believe that any person has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in any violation of this chapter, the Attorney General<\/span> is empowered to issue<\/span> a civil investigative demand. The provisions of \u00a7 59.1-9.10<\/a> shall apply mutatis mutandis<\/span> to civil investigative demands issued pursuant to this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY (\u00a7 59.1-516)\n\nWhenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person\nhas engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in any violation of this\nchapter, the Attorney General is empowered to issue a civil investigative\ndemand. The provisions of \u00a7 59.1-9.10 shall apply mutatis mutandis to civil\ninvestigative demands issued pursuant to this section.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, cc. 528, 553; 2019, cc. 256, 264.","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}}