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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 625 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2014, chapter 354<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1397603,"object_type":"law","relational_id":351860,"identifier":"19.2-395","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-395","url":"\/19.2-395\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-395\/","token":"19.2\/24\/19.2-395","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duration of warrant","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-395","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An inspection warrant shall be effective for the time specified therein, for a period of not more than ten days, unless extended or renewed by the judicial officer who signed and issued the original warrant, upon satisfying himself that such extension or renewal is in the public interest. Such warrant shall be executed and returned to the clerk of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the city or county wherein the inspection was made within the time specified in the warrant or within the extended or renewed time. After the expiration of such time, the warrant, unless executed shall be void.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDURATION OF WARRANT (\u00a7 19.2-395)\n\nAn inspection warrant shall be effective for the time specified therein, for a\nperiod of not more than ten days, unless extended or renewed by the judicial\nofficer who signed and issued the original warrant, upon satisfying himself that\nsuch extension or renewal is in the public interest. Such warrant shall be\nexecuted and returned to the clerk of the circuit court of the city or county\nwherein the inspection was made within the time specified in the warrant or\nwithin the extended or renewed time. After the expiration of such time, the\nwarrant, unless executed shall be void.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 625; 2014, c. 354.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}