                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REPORTS OF STOLEN EXPLOSIVES (§ 27-97.1)

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 arson investigator for the Commonwealth as well as
the chief local law-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 discovery 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 arson investigator.
		Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a Class
1 misdemeanor punishable by the same penalties applicable to violations of the
Fire Prevention Code.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 340.