                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OFFICERS MAY EXAMINE RECORDS OR PROPERTY; WARRANTLESS SEARCH AND SEIZURE
AUTHORIZED (§ 54.1-4011)

Every pawnbroker and every employee of the pawnbroker shall admit to the
pawnbroker&#8217;s place of business during regular business hours, any duly
authorized law-enforcement officer of the jurisdiction where the business is
being conducted, or any law-enforcement official of the state or federal
government. The pawnbroker or employee shall permit the officer to (i) examine
all records required by this chapter and any article listed in a record which is
believed by the officer to be missing or stolen and (ii) search for and take
into possession any article known to him to be missing, or known or believed by
him to have been stolen. However, the officer shall not take possession of any
article without providing to the pawnbroker a receipt.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 54-852, 54-854; 1988, c. 765; 1990, c. 683; 1998, c.
848.