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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 763<\/a> and 777<\/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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":72564,"section_number":"2.2-3103.1","catch_line":"Certain gifts prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3103.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":176053,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66061,"identifier":"2.2-3103.2","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/31\/2\/2.2-3103.2","url":"\/2.2-3103.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3103.2\/","token":"2.2\/I\/E\/31\/2\/2.2-3103.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Return of gifts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3103.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person shall be in violation of any provision of this chapter prohibiting the acceptance of a gift<\/span> if (i) the gift<\/span> is not used by such person and the gift<\/span> or its equivalent in money is returned to the donor or delivered to a charitable organization within a reasonable period of time upon the discovery<\/span> of the value of the gift<\/span> and is not claimed as a charitable contribution for federal income tax purposes or (ii) consideration is given by the donee to the donor for the value of the gift<\/span> within a reasonable period of time upon the discovery<\/span> of the value of the gift<\/span> provided that such consideration reduces the value of the gift<\/span> to an amount not in excess of $100 as provided in subsection B or C of \u00a7 2.2-3103.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETURN OF GIFTS (\u00a7 2.2-3103.2)\n\nNo person shall be in violation of any provision of this chapter prohibiting the\nacceptance of a gift if (i) the gift is not used by such person and the gift or\nits equivalent in money is returned to the donor or delivered to a charitable\norganization within a reasonable period of time upon the discovery of the value\nof the gift and is not claimed as a charitable contribution for federal income\ntax purposes or (ii) consideration is given by the donee to the donor for the\nvalue of the gift within a reasonable period of time upon the discovery of the\nvalue of the gift provided that such consideration reduces the value of the gift\nto an amount not in excess of $100 as provided in subsection B or C of \u00a7\n2.2-3103.1.\n\nHISTORY: 2015, cc. 763, 777.","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}}