19.2-53 - What may be searched and seized. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-53. What may be searched and seized.

Search warrants may be issued for the search of or for specified places,things or persons, and seizure therefrom of the following things as specifiedin 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 thecommission of crime. Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter tothe contrary, no search warrant may be issued as a substitute for a witnesssubpoena.

(Code 1950, § 19.1-84; 1960, c. 366; 1962, c. 519; 1966, c. 363; 1970, c.650; 1974, c. 113; 1975, c. 495; 1981, c. 559.)