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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 283<\/a> and 756<\/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 2016, chapters 203<\/a> and 423<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":170283,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68967,"identifier":"19.2-386.2:1","token":"19.2\/22.1\/19.2-386.2_1","url":"\/19.2-386.2_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-386.2_1\/","token":"19.2\/22.1\/19.2-386.2_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice to Commissioner of Department of Motor Vehicles; duties of Commissioner","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-386.2:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the property seized is a motor vehicle required by the motor vehicle laws<\/span> of Virginia to be registered, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall forthwith notify the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, by certified mail, or electronically in a format prescribed by the Commissioner, of such seizure and the motor number of the vehicle so seized, and the Commissioner shall promptly certify to such attorney for the Commonwealth the name and address of the person in whose name such vehicle is registered, together with the name and address of any person holding a lien<\/span> thereon. The Commissioner shall also forthwith notify such registered owner and lienor, in writing, of the reported seizure and the county or city wherein such seizure was made.\n\t\tThe certificate of the Commissioner, concerning such registration and lien<\/span>, shall be received in evidence<\/span> in any proceeding, either civil or criminal, under any provision of this chapter, in which such facts<\/span> may be material<\/span> to the issue<\/span> involved.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE TO COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES; DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER\n(\u00a7 19.2-386.2:1)\n\nIf the property seized is a motor vehicle required by the motor vehicle laws of\nVirginia to be registered, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall forthwith\nnotify the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, by certified mail,\nor electronically in a format prescribed by the Commissioner, of such seizure\nand the motor number of the vehicle so seized, and the Commissioner shall\npromptly certify to such attorney for the Commonwealth the name and address of\nthe person in whose name such vehicle is registered, together with the name and\naddress of any person holding a lien thereon. The Commissioner shall also\nforthwith notify such registered owner and lienor, in writing, of the reported\nseizure and the county or city wherein such seizure was made.\n\t\tThe certificate of the Commissioner, concerning such registration and lien,\nshall be received in evidence in any proceeding, either civil or criminal, under\nany provision of this chapter, in which such facts may be material to the issue\ninvolved.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, cc. 283, 756; 2016, cc. 203, 423.","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}}