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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 598 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. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1993, chapter 866; in 2004, chapter 995<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 283<\/a> and 756<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54839,"section_number":"18.2-265.1","catch_line":"Definition","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-265.1\/"},{"id":68664,"section_number":"19.2-386.23","catch_line":"Disposal of seized controlled substances, marijuana, and paraphernalia","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.23\/"},{"id":74751,"section_number":"19.2-386.8","catch_line":"Exemptions","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.8\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170361,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77904,"identifier":"19.2-386.26","token":"19.2\/22.2\/19.2-386.26","url":"\/19.2-386.26\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-386.26\/","token":"19.2\/22.2\/19.2-386.26","dublin_core":{"Title":"Seizure and forfeiture of drug paraphernalia","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-386.26","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All drug paraphernalia as defined in Article 1.1 (\u00a7 18.2-265.1<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and may be seized and disposed of in the same manner as provided in \u00a7 19.2-386.23<\/a>, subject to the rights of an innocent lienor, to be recognized as under \u00a7 19.2-386.8<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA (\u00a7 19.2-386.26)\n\nAll drug paraphernalia as defined in Article 1.1 (\u00a7 18.2-265.1 et seq.) of\nChapter 7 of Title 18.2 shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and may be seized\nand disposed of in the same manner as provided in \u00a7 19.2-386.23, subject to the\nrights of an innocent lienor, to be recognized as under \u00a7 19.2-386.8.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 598, \u00a7 18.2-265.4; 1993, c. 866; 2004, c. 995; 2012, cc. 283,\n756.","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}}