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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 690 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 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":85905,"section_number":"19.2-386.11","catch_line":"Judgment of condemnation; destruction","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.11\/"},{"id":84497,"section_number":"19.2-386.14","catch_line":"Sharing of forfeited assets","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-386.14\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":170303,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79713,"identifier":"19.2-386.7","token":"19.2\/22.1\/19.2-386.7","url":"\/19.2-386.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-386.7\/","token":"19.2\/22.1\/19.2-386.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of property liable to deterioration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-386.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If the property seized is perishable or liable to deterioration, decay, or injury by being detained in custody<\/span> pending the proceedings, the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for the county or city in which the information is filed or in which the property is located, may order<\/span> the same to be sold upon such notice as the court<\/span>, in its discretion, may deem proper and hold the proceeds of sale pending the final disposition<\/span> of such proceedings.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF PROPERTY LIABLE TO DETERIORATION (\u00a7 19.2-386.7)\n\nIf the property seized is perishable or liable to deterioration, decay, or\ninjury by being detained in custody pending the proceedings, the circuit court\nfor the county or city in which the information is filed or in which the\nproperty is located, may order the same to be sold upon such notice as the\ncourt, in its discretion, may deem proper and hold the proceeds of sale pending\nthe final disposition of such proceedings.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 690.","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}}