                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEARCH WARRANTS (§ 4.1-337)

A. If complaint on oath is made that alcoholic beverages are being manufactured,
sold, kept, stored, or in any manner held, used or concealed in a particular
house, or other place, in violation of law, the judge, magistrate, or other
person having authority to issue criminal warrants, to whom such complaint is
made, if satisfied that there is a probable cause for such belief, shall issue a
warrant to search such house or other place for alcoholic beverages. Such
warrants, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be issued, directed and
executed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth pertaining to search
warrants.

B. Warrants issued under this subtitle for the search of any automobile, boat,
conveyance or vehicle, whether of like kind or not, or for the search of any
article of baggage, whether of like kind or not, for alcoholic beverages, may be
executed in any part of the Commonwealth where they are overtaken and shall be
made returnable before any judge within whose jurisdiction such automobile,
boat, conveyance, vehicle, truck, or article of baggage, or any of them, was
transported or attempted to be transported contrary to law.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 4-54; 1993, c. 866.