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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 296 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 1972 \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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1423909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357867,"identifier":"3.2-4762","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/4\/3.2-4762","url":"\/3.2-4762\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4762\/","token":"3.2\/III\/47\/4\/3.2-4762","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commissioner’s authority to investigate","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4762","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> may conduct investigations relative to the complaint or matter being investigated, and he shall have free and unimpeded access during normal business hours to all buildings, yards, warehouses, storage<\/span> and transportation facilities in which grain<\/span> is kept, stored, handled, or transported, or where records of grain<\/span> transactions are kept.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMISSIONER’S AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE (\u00a7 3.2-4762)\n\nThe Commissioner may conduct investigations relative to the complaint or matter\nbeing investigated, and he shall have free and unimpeded access during normal\nbusiness hours to all buildings, yards, warehouses, storage and transportation\nfacilities in which grain is kept, stored, handled, or transported, or where\nrecords of grain transactions are kept.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 296, \u00a7 3.1-722.26; 2008, c. 860.","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"}}