CODE OF VIRGINIA ISSUING GENERAL SEARCH WARRANT OR SEARCH WARRANT WITHOUT AFFIDAVIT DEEMED MALFEASANCE (§ 19.2-55) Any person having authority to issue criminal warrants who wilfully and knowingly issues a general search warrant or a search warrant without the affidavit required by § 19.2-54 shall be deemed guilty of a malfeasance. HISTORY: Code 1950, § 19.1-89; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.