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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 671<\/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 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 2003, chapter 354<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 995<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68896,"section_number":"18.2-190.2","catch_line":"Possession of an unlawful electronic communication device or equipment etc., used to manufacture such device; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-190.2\/"},{"id":71988,"section_number":"18.2-190.3","catch_line":"Sale of an unlawful electronic communication device; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-190.3\/"},{"id":65493,"section_number":"18.2-190.4","catch_line":"Manufacture of an unlawful electronic communication device; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-190.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170329,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73735,"identifier":"19.2-386.18","token":"19.2\/22.2\/19.2-386.18","url":"\/19.2-386.18\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-386.18\/","token":"19.2\/22.2\/19.2-386.18","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forfeiture of unlawful electronic communication devices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-386.18","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any unlawful electronic communication device possessed, manufactured or sold in violation of \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-190.2<\/a>, 18.2-190.3<\/a> or \u00a7 18.2-190.4<\/a> may be seized and forfeited to the Commonwealth, and turned over to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> in the city or county in which it was seized and such property shall be disposed of as provided by law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORFEITURE OF UNLAWFUL ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES (\u00a7 19.2-386.18)\n\nAny unlawful electronic communication device possessed, manufactured or sold in\nviolation of \u00a7\u00a7 18.2-190.2, 18.2-190.3 or \u00a7 18.2-190.4 may be seized and\nforfeited to the Commonwealth, and turned over to the circuit court in the city\nor county in which it was seized and such property shall be disposed of as\nprovided by law.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 671, \u00a7 18.2-190.7; 2003, c. 354; 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}}