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In the event that the court finds such regulated product to be in violation of this chapter, and orders the condemnation of such regulated product, the owner of the regulated product shall dispose of the seized regulated product in any manner that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is consistent with the quality of the regulated product, and that complies with the laws of the Commonwealth. In no instance shall the court order the disposition of such regulated product without first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for release of the regulated product, or for permission to process or relabel the regulated product, to bring it into compliance with this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":264764,"text":"The Commissioner may seize any lot of regulated product not in compliance with this chapter. The Commissioner may make application for seizure to an appropriate court in the city or county where such regulated product is located. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/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. 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 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0552\">552<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0564\">564<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":195713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73611,"identifier":"3.2-3620","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3620","url":"\/3.2-3620\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3620\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3620","dublin_core":{"Title":"Seizure and condemnation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3620","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may seize any <span class=\"dictionary\">lot<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> not in compliance with this chapter. 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The Commissioner may make application for seizure to an\nappropriate court in the city or county where such regulated product is located.\nIn the event that the court finds such regulated product to be in violation of\nthis chapter, and orders the condemnation of such regulated product, the owner\nof the regulated product shall dispose of the seized regulated product in any\nmanner that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is consistent with the quality\nof the regulated product, and that complies with the laws of the Commonwealth.\nIn no instance shall the court order the disposition of such regulated product\nwithout first giving the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for\nrelease of the regulated product, or for permission to process or relabel the\nregulated product, to bring it into compliance with this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.16; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 552, 564.","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}}