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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 221<\/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":266851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69242,"identifier":"6.2-2104","token":"6.2\/III\/21\/6.2-2104","url":"\/6.2-2104\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-2104\/","token":"6.2\/III\/21\/6.2-2104","dublin_core":{"Title":"Investigations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-2104","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commission<\/span>, upon receiving a complaint or upon its own motion<\/span>, may investigate the affairs, business, premises and records of any person<\/span> required to be registered under this chapter. In the course of such investigation, all persons<\/span> associated with the person<\/span> being investigated shall afford full access to all premises, books, records and information which the person<\/span> making such investigation deems necessary. For the foregoing purposes, the person<\/span> making such investigation shall have authority to administer oaths<\/span>, examine under oath<\/span> all the aforementioned persons<\/span>, and compel the production of documents and objects<\/span> of all kinds.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINVESTIGATIONS (\u00a7 6.2-2104)\n\nThe Commission, upon receiving a complaint or upon its own motion, may\ninvestigate the affairs, business, premises and records of any person required\nto be registered under this chapter. In the course of such investigation, all\npersons associated with the person being investigated shall afford full access\nto all premises, books, records and information which the person making such\ninvestigation deems necessary. For the foregoing purposes, the person making\nsuch investigation shall have authority to administer oaths, examine under oath\nall the aforementioned persons, and compel the production of documents and\nobjects of all kinds.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 221, \u00a7 6.1-436; 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}}