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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>351893</law_id><section_number>19.2-53.1</section_number><catch_line>Taking blood samples pursuant to search warrant; immunity</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="54" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="5">Search Warrants</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> shall lie in any <span class="dictionary">court</span> against any person authorized by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to withdraw blood pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">search warrant</span> issued in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="What may be searched and seized" href="/19.2-53/">19.2-53</a> when that person is acting in accordance with such warrant, except in cases of <span class="dictionary">negligence</span> in the withdrawing of blood or willful misconduct.</p></section></text><history>2015, c. 425.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
