                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RIGHT TO INSPECT VEHICLES IN GARAGES (§ 46.2-110)

Any law-enforcement officer or Department officer or employee who is in uniform
or exhibits a badge or other sign of authority shall have the right to inspect
any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in any public garage or repair shop
for the purpose of locating stolen motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers
and for investigating the title and registration of motor vehicles, trailers,
and semitrailers. For this purpose the owner of any garage or repair shop shall
permit any law-enforcement officer or Department officer or employee freely to
make investigation as authorized in this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-17; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-9; 1989, c. 727.