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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58211</law_id><section_number>27-97.1</section_number><catch_line>Reports of stolen explosives</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="27">Fire Protection</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Statewide Fire Prevention Code Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any person holding a permit for the manufacture, storage, handling, use or sale of explosives issued in accordance with the provisions of the Code shall report to the office of the chief <span class="dictionary">arson</span> investigator for the Commonwealth as well as the chief local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement official any theft or other unauthorized taking or disappearance of any explosives or blasting devices from their inventory. An initial verbal report shall be made within three days of the <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> of the taking or disappearance. A subsequent written report shall be filed within such time, and in such form, as is specified by the chief <span class="dictionary">arson</span> investigator.
		Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> punishable by the same penalties applicable to violations of the <span class="dictionary">Fire Prevention Code</span>.</p></section></text><history>1988, c. 340.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
