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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 880<\/a> and 901<\/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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapters 362<\/a> and 472<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73168,"section_number":"2.2-509.1","catch_line":"Powers of investigators; enforcement of certain tobacco laws","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-509.1\/"},{"id":86288,"section_number":"4.1-105","catch_line":"Police power of members, agents and employees of Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-105\/"},{"id":67790,"section_number":"4.1-624","catch_line":"Police power of members, agents, and employees of Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-624\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":252367,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83016,"identifier":"58.1-1037","token":"58.1\/I\/10.1\/58.1-1037","url":"\/58.1-1037\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-1037\/","token":"58.1\/I\/10.1\/58.1-1037","dublin_core":{"Title":"Seizure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-1037","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Cigarettes<\/span> that are acquired, held, owned, possessed, transported in, imported into, or sold or distributed in the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter shall be deemed contraband and shall be subject to seizure, forfeiture, destruction, or court<\/span>-ordered assignment for use by a law<\/span>-enforcement undercover operation. Such cigarettes<\/span> shall be deemed contraband whether or not the violation of this chapter is with knowledge.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSEIZURE (\u00a7 58.1-1037)\n\nCigarettes that are acquired, held, owned, possessed, transported in, imported\ninto, or sold or distributed in the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter\nshall be deemed contraband and shall be subject to seizure, forfeiture,\ndestruction, or court-ordered assignment for use by a law-enforcement undercover\noperation. Such cigarettes shall be deemed contraband whether or not the\nviolation of this chapter is with knowledge.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 880, 901; 2012, cc. 362, 472.","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}}