CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY FOR INSPECTIONS; WARRANTS (§ 3.2-706)

To effectuate the purpose of this article, the Commissioner may, with a warrant
or with the consent of the owner, make reasonable inspections of any property in
the Commonwealth and may, without a warrant, stop and inspect, in a reasonable
manner, any means of conveyance moving within the Commonwealth, upon probable
cause that it contains or carries any pest, host, or other regulated article
subject to this article, and may make any other reasonable inspection of any
property or means of conveyance for which, under the Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of the Commonwealth, no warrant is required.In
accordance with § 19.2-52, the appropriate persons have authority to issue
warrants for such inspections upon a showing by the Commissioner that there is
probable cause to believe that there exists in or on the property to be
inspected a pest, host, or other regulated article subject to this article.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 29, § 3.1-188.26; 1980, c. 291; 2008, c. 860.