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The notice shall state the nature and quantity of the property, the location where seized, the name of the accused, if known, and the proposed method of disposing of the property. When the ownership of the property is known, a copy of the notice shall be sent simultaneously with the notice to the court to the owner, or, if any criminal charge is pending in any court relating to the property, the copy shall be sent to the accused at his last known address. Notice shall be by certified mail. The court, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, may direct that the property be disposed of by the Division by an alternative method designed to preserve the property, at the expense of the agency submitting the property to the Division. If the court does not so direct within such thirty-day period, then the Division may dispose of the property by the method set out in the notice. Copies of the analysis report and notice shall be made a part of the record of any criminal prosecution. The report, if sworn to, shall be admissible as evidence to the same extent as the disposed of property would have been admissible.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":277262,"text":"Personal property, including drugs, not subject to be disposed of under \u00a7 2.2-1107, which has been submitted to the Division for analysis or examination and that has not been reclaimed by the agency submitting the property for analysis or examination, may be disposed of by the Division in accordance with this section if, after the expiration of 120 days after the receipt by the Division of the property, (i) the Director notifies the circuit court of the county or city from which the property was taken, in writing, that the analysis or examination has been completed and (ii) a report is given to the submitting agency that the property has not been reclaimed by the agency and the Division proposes to dispose of the property. The notice shall state the nature and quantity of the property, the location where seized, the name of the accused, if known, and the proposed method of disposing of the property. When the ownership of the property is known, a copy of the notice shall be sent simultaneously with the notice to the court to the owner, or, if any criminal charge is pending in any court relating to the property, the copy shall be sent to the accused at his last known address. Notice shall be by certified mail. The court, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, may direct that the property be disposed of by the Division by an alternative method designed to preserve the property, at the expense of the agency submitting the property to the Division. If the court does not so direct within such thirty-day period, then the Division may dispose of the property by the method set out in the notice. Copies of the analysis report and notice shall be made a part of the record of any criminal prosecution. 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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 317 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1990, chapter 825; in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":76013,"section_number":"2.2-1107","catch_line":"Disposal of certain hazardous materials","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1107\/"}],"permalink":{"id":172499,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77297,"identifier":"2.2-1108","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/11\/2\/2.2-1108","url":"\/2.2-1108\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1108\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/11\/2\/2.2-1108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposal of certain other property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Personal property, including drugs, not subject to be disposed of under \u00a7 2.2-1107<\/a>, which has been submitted to the Division for analysis or examination and that has not been reclaimed by the agency submitting the property for analysis or examination, may be disposed of by the Division in accordance with this section if, after the expiration of 120 days after the receipt by the Division of the property, (i) the Director notifies the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or city from which the property was taken, in writing, that the analysis or examination has been completed and (ii) a report is given to the submitting agency that the property has not been reclaimed by the agency and the Division proposes to dispose of the property. The notice shall state the nature and quantity of the property, the location where seized, the name of the accused<\/span>, if known, and the proposed method of disposing of the property. When the ownership of the property is known, a copy of the notice shall be sent simultaneously with the notice to the court<\/span> to the owner, or, if any criminal charge is pending in any court<\/span> relating to the property, the copy shall be sent to the accused<\/span> at his last known address. Notice shall be by certified mail. The court<\/span>, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, may direct that the property be disposed of by the Division by an alternative method designed to preserve the property, at the expense of the agency submitting the property to the Division. If the court<\/span> does not so direct within such thirty-day period, then the Division may dispose of the property by the method set out in the notice. Copies of the analysis report and notice shall be made a part of the record of any criminal prosecution<\/span>. The report, if sworn to, shall be admissible<\/span> as evidence<\/span> to the same extent as the disposed of property would have been admissible<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSAL OF CERTAIN OTHER PROPERTY (\u00a7 2.2-1108)\n\nPersonal property, including drugs, not subject to be disposed of under \u00a7\n2.2-1107, which has been submitted to the Division for analysis or examination\nand that has not been reclaimed by the agency submitting the property for\nanalysis or examination, may be disposed of by the Division in accordance with\nthis section if, after the expiration of 120 days after the receipt by the\nDivision of the property, (i) the Director notifies the circuit court of the\ncounty or city from which the property was taken, in writing, that the analysis\nor examination has been completed and (ii) a report is given to the submitting\nagency that the property has not been reclaimed by the agency and the Division\nproposes to dispose of the property. The notice shall state the nature and\nquantity of the property, the location where seized, the name of the accused, if\nknown, and the proposed method of disposing of the property. When the ownership\nof the property is known, a copy of the notice shall be sent simultaneously with\nthe notice to the court to the owner, or, if any criminal charge is pending in\nany court relating to the property, the copy shall be sent to the accused at his\nlast known address. Notice shall be by certified mail. The court, within thirty\ndays after receipt of the notice, may direct that the property be disposed of by\nthe Division by an alternative method designed to preserve the property, at the\nexpense of the agency submitting the property to the Division. If the court does\nnot so direct within such thirty-day period, then the Division may dispose of\nthe property by the method set out in the notice. Copies of the analysis report\nand notice shall be made a part of the record of any criminal prosecution. The\nreport, if sworn to, shall be admissible as evidence to the same extent as the\ndisposed of property would have been admissible.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 317, \u00a7 2.1-432.1; 1990, c. 825; 2001, c. 844.","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}}