SB 570 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Search warrants; unattended deaths.

Summary
Search warrants; unattended deaths. Authorizes the issuance of a search warrant to search any place for (i) a dead human body where, at the time of death, the decedent was not being attended to by a physician or (ii) evidence of the cause or manner of death of such a body.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 14, 2026 Last action Feb 11, 2026
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Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
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Jan 14, 2026
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Tammy Mulchi
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