                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHAT MAY BE SEARCHED AND SEIZED (§ 19.2-53)

A. Search warrants may be issued for the search of or for specified places,
things, or persons, and seizure therefrom of the following things as specified
in the warrant:

   1. Weapons or other objects used in the commission of crime;

   2. Articles or things the sale or possession of which is unlawful;

   3. Stolen property or the fruits of any crime;

   4. Any object, thing, or person, including (i) documents, (ii) books, (iii)
   papers, (iv) records, (v) body fluids, or (vi) electronic records stored
   within or outside the Commonwealth of a commercial enterprise, whether a
   domestic corporation or a foreign corporation, that is transacting or has
   transacted any business in the Commonwealth, constituting evidence of the
   commission of crime; or

   5. Any person to be arrested for whom a warrant or process for arrest has been
   issued.
   				Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, no
   search warrant may be issued as a substitute for a witness subpoena.

B. Any search warrant issued for the search and seizure of a computer, computer
network, or other device containing electronic or digital information shall be
deemed to include the search and seizure of the physical components and the
electronic or digital information contained in any such computer, computer
network, or other device, except information for which a search warrant is
prohibited by &#xA7; 19.2-60.2.

C. Any search, including the search of the contents of any computer, computer
network, or other device conducted pursuant to subsection B, may be conducted in
any location and is not limited to the location where the evidence was seized.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-84; 1960, c. 366; 1962, c. 519; 1966, c. 363; 1970,
c. 650; 1974, c. 113; 1975, c. 495; 1981, c. 559; 2015, c. 501; 2017, cc. 233,
242; 2024, cc. 523, 571; 2025, c. 345.