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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72137</law_id><section_number>54.1-4011</section_number><catch_line>Officers may examine records or property; warrantless search and seizure authorized</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="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Occupations Regulated by Local Governing Bodies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="40">Pawnbrokers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every pawnbroker and every employee of the pawnbroker shall admit to the pawnbroker&#x2019;s place of business during regular business hours, any duly authorized <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> where the business is being conducted, or any <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement official of the state or federal government. The pawnbroker or 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. However, the officer shall not take <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of any article without providing to the pawnbroker a receipt.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 54-852, 54-854; 1988, c. 765; 1990, c. 683; 1998, c. 848.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
