                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEARCHES AND SEIZURES (§ 29.1-208)

All conservation police officers are vested with the authority to search any
person arrested as provided in § 29.1-205 together with any box, can, package,
barrel or other container, hunting bag, coat, suit, trunk, grip, satchel or fish
basket carried by, in the possession of, or belonging to such person.
Conservation police officers shall also have the authority, immediately
subsequent to such arrest, to enter and search any refrigerator, building,
vehicle, or other place in which the officer making the search has reasonable
ground to believe that the person arrested has concealed or placed any wild
bird, wild animal or fish, which will furnish evidence of a violation of the
hunting, trapping and inland fish laws. Such a search may be made without a
warrant, except that a dwelling may not be searched without a warrant. Should
any container as described in this section reveal any wild bird, wild animal or
fish, or any part thereof, which has been illegally taken, possessed, sold,
purchased or transported, the conservation police officer shall seize and hold
as evidence the container, together with such wild bird, wild animal or fish,
and any unlawful gun, net, or other device of any kind for taking wild birds,
wild animals or fish which he may find.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 29-33; 1987, c. 488; 2007, c. 87.