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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85905</law_id><section_number>19.2-386.11</section_number><catch_line>Judgment of condemnation; destruction</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-386.10</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Enforcement of Forfeitures</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> If the forfeiture is established, the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> shall be that the property be condemned as forfeited to the Commonwealth subject to any remission granted under subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Forfeiture; default judgment; remission; trial" href="/19.2-386.10/">19.2-386.10</a> and further that the same be sold, unless (i) a sale thereof has been already made under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Sale of property liable to deterioration" href="/19.2-386.7/">19.2-386.7</a>, (ii) the <span class="dictionary">court</span> determines that the property forfeited is of such minimal value that the sale would not be in the best interest of the Commonwealth or (iii) the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that the property may be subject to return to a participating agency. If the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that the property may be subject to return to an agency participating in the seizure in accordance with subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Sharing of forfeited assets" href="/19.2-386.14/">19.2-386.14</a>, the <span class="dictionary">order</span> shall provide for storage of the property until the determination to return it is made or, if return is not made, for sale of the property as provided in this section and &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Sale of forfeited property" href="/19.2-386.12/">19.2-386.12</a>. If sale has been made, the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> shall be against the proceeds of sale, subject to the rights of any <span class="dictionary">lien</span> holder whose interest is not forfeited. If the property condemned has been delivered to the claimant under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Bond to secure possession" href="/19.2-386.6/">19.2-386.6</a>, further <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> shall be against the obligors in the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> for the <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> thereof, to be discharged by the payment of the appraised value of the property, upon which <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, process of execution shall be awarded and the clerk shall endorse thereon, &#x201C;No security is to be taken.&#x201D; <a id="paragraph-307699" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-386.11/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Forfeited cash and negotiable instruments shall be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Sale of forfeited property" href="/19.2-386.12/">19.2-386.12</a>. <a id="paragraph-307700" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-386.11/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Contraband, the sale or <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of which is unlawful, weapons and property not sold because of the minimal value thereof, may be ordered destroyed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. <a id="paragraph-307701" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-386.11/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1989, c. 690; 1991, c. 560; 1993, c. 484.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
