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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76346</law_id><section_number>54.1-4101.1</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="41">Precious Metals Dealers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> or his employee shall admit to his place of business during regular business hours the chief <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer or his designee of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> is located or any <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer of the state or federal government. The <span class="dictionary">dealer</span> or his 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.</p></section></text><history>1991, c. 174.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
