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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 48 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 1970 \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":[{"id":358007,"section_number":"3.2-5216","catch_line":"Condemnation of adulterated, misbranded products","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5216\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":358007,"section_number":"3.2-5216","catch_line":"Condemnation of adulterated, misbranded products","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5216\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1424471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358006,"identifier":"3.2-5215","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/3\/3.2-5215","url":"\/3.2-5215\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5215\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/3\/3.2-5215","dublin_core":{"Title":"Detention of adulterated, misbranded products","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5215","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any product subject to this article is found by the Commissioner<\/span> upon any premises where it is held and there is reason to believe that the product is adulterated or misbranded in violation of the regulations adopted by the Board<\/span> pursuant to this article, or that such product has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of regulations, the product may be detained for a period not to exceed 20 days, pending action under \u00a7 3.2-5216<\/a> of this article, and shall not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when detained, until released by the Commissioner<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDETENTION OF ADULTERATED, MISBRANDED PRODUCTS (\u00a7 3.2-5215)\n\nWhenever any product subject to this article is found by the Commissioner upon\nany premises where it is held and there is reason to believe that the product is\nadulterated or misbranded in violation of the regulations adopted by the Board\npursuant to this article, or that such product has been or is intended to be\ndistributed in violation of regulations, the product may be detained for a\nperiod not to exceed 20 days, pending action under \u00a7 3.2-5216 of this article,\nand shall not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when\ndetained, until released by the Commissioner.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 48, \u00a7 3.1-562.8; 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"}}