{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-320.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 32.1-320.1","heading":"Powers and duties of sworn unit investigators","body":"A. The Attorney General may designate up to 30 persons in the unit established under § 32.1-320 as sworn unit investigators. Any individual designated as a sworn unit investigator shall be sworn only to enforce the provisions of this article. Sworn unit investigators shall be designated as law-enforcement officers as defined in § 9.1-101.B. All sworn unit investigators shall remain subject to the federal requirements authorizing State Medicaid Fraud Control Units pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Part 1007.C. If a search warrant is issued for any place of abode, a sworn unit investigator shall notify and request assistance from the State Police or the local law-enforcement agency from the locality where such abode is located prior to executing such search warrant. A sworn unit investigator shall not execute any search warrant for the search of any place of abode unless such sworn unit investigator is accompanied by a State Police officer or a local law-enforcement officer from the locality where such abode is located. Any evidence obtained from a search warrant executed in violation of this subsection shall not be admitted into evidence for the Commonwealth in any prosecution.2023, c. 619.","path":["Title 32.1. Health","Chapter 9. Regulation of Medical Assistance","Article 1. In General"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/32.1-320.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:15:34Z","sha256":"4b589776a9a0bbe0fdf5c617c40a098db49aa44fca8d9b5677c5cb73ee8c43d4","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-320","next":"us-va/va.-code-32.1-321"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}