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This law was first created in 2009. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 273<\/a> and 453<\/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 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":266199,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61396,"identifier":"6.2-1713","token":"6.2\/III\/17\/6.2-1713","url":"\/6.2-1713\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-1713\/","token":"6.2\/III\/17\/6.2-1713","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigations; examinations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-1713","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span> may, by its designated officers and employees<\/span>, as often as it deems necessary, investigate and examine the business activities, premises, and records of any individual required to be licensed under this chapter insofar as they pertain to any activities for which a license is required by this chapter. In the course of such investigations and examinations, the individual being investigated or examined shall, upon demand of the person<\/span> making such investigation or examination, afford full access to all persons<\/span>, premises, books, records, and information that the person<\/span> making such investigation or examination deems necessary. For the foregoing purposes, the person<\/span> making such investigation or examination shall have authority to administer oaths<\/span>, examine under oath<\/span> all the aforementioned individuals, and compel the production of papers and objects<\/span> of all kinds.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATIONS; EXAMINATIONS (\u00a7 6.2-1713)\n\nThe Commission may, by its designated officers and employees, as often as it\ndeems necessary, investigate and examine the business activities, premises, and\nrecords of any individual required to be licensed under this chapter insofar as\nthey pertain to any activities for which a license is required by this chapter.\nIn the course of such investigations and examinations, the individual being\ninvestigated or examined shall, upon demand of the person making such\ninvestigation or examination, afford full access to all persons, premises,\nbooks, records, and information that the person making such investigation or\nexamination deems necessary. For the foregoing purposes, the person making such\ninvestigation or examination shall have authority to administer oaths, examine\nunder oath all the aforementioned individuals, and compel the production of\npapers and objects of all kinds.\n\nHISTORY: 2009, cc. 273, 453, \u00a7 6.1-431.14; 2010, c. 794.","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}}