CODE OF VIRGINIA

RIGHT OF ENTRY TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF FIRE OR EXPLOSION (§ 27-32.1)

If in making such an investigation, the fire marshal shall make complaint under
oath that there is good cause of suspicion or belief that the burning of or
explosion on any land, building or vessel or of any object was caused by any act
constituting a crime as defined in Article 1 (§ 18.2-77 et seq.) of Chapter 5
of Title 18.2 and that he has been refused admittance to the land, building or
vessel or to examine the object in or on which any fire or explosion occurred
within fifteen days after the extinguishment of such, any magistrate serving the
city or county where the land, building, vessel or object is located may issue a
warrant to the sheriff of the county or the sergeant of the city requiring him
to enter such land, building or vessel or the premises upon which the object is
located in the company of the fire marshal for the purposes of conducting a
search for evidence showing that such fire or explosion was caused by any act
defined in Article 1 of Chapter 5, of Title 18.2.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 187; 2008, cc. 551, 691.