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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1960, chapter 366; in 1975, chapter 495.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58231,"section_number":"19.2-53","catch_line":"What may be searched and seized","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-53\/"}],"permalink":{"id":170837,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82680,"identifier":"19.2-58","token":"19.2\/5\/19.2-58","url":"\/19.2-58\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/19.2-58\/","token":"19.2\/5\/19.2-58","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposition of property seized","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 19.2-58","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any such warrant be executed by the seizure of property, or of any other of the things aforesaid, the same shall be safely kept by the direction of such judge<\/span> or court<\/span>, to be used as evidence<\/span>, and thereafter be disposed of as provided by law<\/span>; provided, however, that any such property seized under such warrant which is not used in evidence<\/span> and any property which is stolen or embezzled property shall be restored to its owner, and the things mentioned in \u00a7 19.2-53<\/a> may be burnt or otherwise destroyed, under such direction, as soon as there is no further need for its use as evidence<\/span> unless it is otherwise expressly provided by law<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSITION OF PROPERTY SEIZED (\u00a7 19.2-58)\n\nIf any such warrant be executed by the seizure of property, or of any other of\nthe things aforesaid, the same shall be safely kept by the direction of such\njudge or court, to be used as evidence, and thereafter be disposed of as\nprovided by law; provided, however, that any such property seized under such\nwarrant which is not used in evidence and any property which is stolen or\nembezzled property shall be restored to its owner, and the things mentioned in\n\u00a7 19.2-53 may be burnt or otherwise destroyed, under such direction, as soon as\nthere is no further need for its use as evidence unless it is otherwise\nexpressly provided by law.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 19.1-87; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.","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}}