Bill Text: VA HB50 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Search warrants; examination of object, thing, or person seized may be done in any jurisdiction.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB50 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-HB50-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 50 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled December 3, 2013 A BILL to amend and reenact §19.2-53 of the Code of Virginia, relating to search warrants; examination of things or persons seized. ---------- Patron-- Webert ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §19.2-53 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§19.2-53. What may be searched and seized; examination of seized items.

A. Search warrants may be issued for the search of or for specified places, things, or persons, and seizure therefrom of the following things as specified in the warrant:

(1) Weapons or other objects used in the commission of crime;

(2) Articles or things the sale or possession of which is unlawful;

(3) Stolen property or the fruits of any crime;

(4) Any object, thing, or person, including without limitation, documents, books, papers, records, or body fluids, constituting evidence of the commission of crime. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter to the contrary, no search warrant may be issued as a substitute for a witness subpoena.

B. The examination of any object, thing, or person, or its contents, seized pursuant to this section may be done in any jurisdiction and is not limited to the jurisdiction where such object, thing, or person, or its contents, was seized. Such examination may be conducted at any time after the execution of the warrant, subject to the continued existence of probable cause.