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This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 987<\/a> and 1016<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter 995<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61215,"section_number":"18.2-152.1","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-152.1\/"},{"id":68052,"section_number":"19.2-386.1","catch_line":"Commencing an action of forfeiture","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59670,"identifier":"19.2-386.17","token":"19.2\/22.2\/19.2-386.17","url":"\/19.2-386.17\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-386.17\/","token":"19.2\/22.2\/19.2-386.17","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forfeitures for computer crimes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-386.17","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All moneys and other income, including all proceeds earned but not yet received by a defendant<\/span> from a third party<\/span> as a result of the defendant<\/span>’s violations of Article 7.1 (\u00a7 18.2-152.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 18.2, and all computer equipment, all computer software, and all personal property used in connection with any violation of such article known by the owner thereof to have been used in violation of such article, shall be subject to lawful seizure by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer and forfeiture by the Commonwealth in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 22.1 (\u00a7 19.2-386.1<\/a> et seq.) of this title, applied mutatis mutandis<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORFEITURES FOR COMPUTER CRIMES (\u00a7 19.2-386.17)\n\nAll moneys and other income, including all proceeds earned but not yet received\nby a defendant from a third party as a result of the defendant’s\nviolations of Article 7.1 (\u00a7 18.2-152.1 et seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 18.2,\nand all computer equipment, all computer software, and all personal property\nused in connection with any violation of such article known by the owner thereof\nto have been used in violation of such article, shall be subject to lawful\nseizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeiture by the Commonwealth in\naccordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 22.1 (\u00a7 19.2-386.1 et seq.)\nof this title, applied mutatis mutandis.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, cc. 987, 1016, \u00a7 18.2-152.16; 2004, c. 995.","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}}