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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165387,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56952,"identifier":"18.2-101","token":"18.2\/5\/3\/18.2-101","url":"\/18.2-101\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-101\/","token":"18.2\/5\/3\/18.2-101","dublin_core":{"Title":"Selling, etc., of goods distrained or levied on","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-101","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If any person fraudulently sell, pledge, encumber, remove, destroy, receive or secrete any goods, chattels or other personal property of any kind whatsoever that has been distrained or levied upon, with <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to defeat such distress or <span class=\"dictionary\">levy<\/span>, he shall be deemed guilty of the <span class=\"dictionary\">larceny<\/span> thereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSELLING, ETC., OF GOODS DISTRAINED OR LEVIED ON (\u00a7 18.2-101)\n\nIf any person fraudulently sell, pledge, encumber, remove, destroy, receive or\nsecrete any goods, chattels or other personal property of any kind whatsoever\nthat has been distrained or levied upon, with intent to defeat such distress or\nlevy, he shall be deemed guilty of the larceny thereof.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-108; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}