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Real property shall not be subject to seizure unless the minimum prescribed punishment for the violation is a term of imprisonment of not less than 12 months.\n\t\tAll seizures and forfeitures under this section shall be governed by Chapter 22.1 (\u00a7 19.2-386.1 et seq.), and the procedures specified therein shall apply, mutatis mutandis, except that an action against any property subject to seizure under the provisions of this section may be commenced by the filing of an information in the clerk’s office of the circuit court by the guardian, adult protective agent, or representative of the vulnerable adult, who may for good cause shown, upon motion to the court in which the information is filed, act and stand in the place of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the enforcement of such action. A hearing on a motion by a vulnerable adult pursuant to this section shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and given priority over other civil matters before the court. In addition to existing procedures for service of process, such service may be satisfied by certified mail, return receipt requested.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provision of Chapter 22.1 (\u00a7 19.2-386.1 et seq.) to the contrary, money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property seized in the course of the investigation or prosecution for such offense shall be returned to the vulnerable adult or his estate pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-386.5 and shall be returned upon a plea of guilty or a finding of facts sufficient for guilt for a violation of \u00a7 18.2-178.1.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":217119,"text":"All money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property of any kind or character that is (i) the subject of a violation of \u00a7 18.2-178.1, including all moneys or other property, real or personal, traceable to such a violation, together with any interest or profits derived from the investment of such money or other property, or (ii) used in substantial connection with such a violation shall be subject to lawful seizure. 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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 160<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":70554,"section_number":"19.2-386.5","catch_line":"Release of seized property","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.5\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":64349,"section_number":"18.2-178.1","catch_line":"Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-178.1\/"},{"id":68052,"section_number":"19.2-386.1","catch_line":"Commencing an action of forfeiture","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.1\/"},{"id":70554,"section_number":"19.2-386.5","catch_line":"Release of seized property","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170401,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59228,"identifier":"19.2-386.36","token":"19.2\/22.2\/19.2-386.36","url":"\/19.2-386.36\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-386.36\/","token":"19.2\/22.2\/19.2-386.36","dublin_core":{"Title":"Seizure of moneys or other assets of value in connection with or derived from financial exploitation of vulnerable adults","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-386.36","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property of any kind or character that is (i) the subject of a violation of \u00a7 18.2-178.1<\/a>, including all moneys or other property, real or personal, traceable to such a violation, together with any interest or profits derived from the investment of such money or other property, or (ii) used in substantial connection with such a violation shall be subject to lawful seizure. Real property shall not be subject to seizure unless the minimum prescribed punishment for the violation is a term of imprisonment of not less than 12 months.\n\t\tAll seizures and forfeitures under this section shall be governed by Chapter 22.1 (\u00a7 19.2-386.1<\/a> et seq.), and the procedures specified therein shall apply, mutatis mutandis<\/span>, except that an action against any property subject to seizure under the provisions of this section may be commenced by the filing of an information in the clerk’s office of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> by the guardian, adult protective agent, or representative of the vulnerable adult, who may for good cause shown, upon motion<\/span> to the court<\/span> in which the information is filed, act and stand in the place of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the enforcement of such action. A hearing<\/span> on a motion<\/span> by a vulnerable adult pursuant to this section shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and given priority over other civil matters before the court<\/span>. In addition to existing procedures for service of process<\/span>, such service may be satisfied by certified mail, return receipt requested.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provision of Chapter 22.1 (\u00a7 19.2-386.1<\/a> et seq.) to the contrary, money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property seized in the course of the investigation or prosecution<\/span> for such offense<\/span> shall be returned to the vulnerable adult or his estate pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-386.5<\/a> and shall be returned upon a plea<\/span> of guilty or a finding<\/span> of facts<\/span> sufficient for guilt for a violation of \u00a7 18.2-178.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEIZURE OF MONEYS OR OTHER ASSETS OF VALUE IN CONNECTION WITH OR DERIVED FROM\nFINANCIAL EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE ADULTS (\u00a7 19.2-386.36)\n\nAll money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property of\nany kind or character that is (i) the subject of a violation of \u00a7 18.2-178.1,\nincluding all moneys or other property, real or personal, traceable to such a\nviolation, together with any interest or profits derived from the investment of\nsuch money or other property, or (ii) used in substantial connection with such a\nviolation shall be subject to lawful seizure. Real property shall not be subject\nto seizure unless the minimum prescribed punishment for the violation is a term\nof imprisonment of not less than 12 months.\n\t\tAll seizures and forfeitures under this section shall be governed by Chapter\n22.1 (\u00a7 19.2-386.1 et seq.), and the procedures specified therein shall apply,\nmutatis mutandis, except that an action against any property subject to seizure\nunder the provisions of this section may be commenced by the filing of an\ninformation in the clerk’s office of the circuit court by the guardian,\nadult protective agent, or representative of the vulnerable adult, who may for\ngood cause shown, upon motion to the court in which the information is filed,\nact and stand in the place of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the\nenforcement of such action. A hearing on a motion by a vulnerable adult pursuant\nto this section shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and given priority over\nother civil matters before the court. In addition to existing procedures for\nservice of process, such service may be satisfied by certified mail, return\nreceipt requested.\n\t\tNotwithstanding any provision of Chapter 22.1 (\u00a7 19.2-386.1 et seq.) to the\ncontrary, money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property\nseized in the course of the investigation or prosecution for such offense shall\nbe returned to the vulnerable adult or his estate pursuant to \u00a7 19.2-386.5 and\nshall be returned upon a plea of guilty or a finding of facts sufficient for\nguilt for a violation of \u00a7 18.2-178.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, c. 160.","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}}