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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60983</law_id><section_number>19.2-386.16</section_number><catch_line>Forfeiture of motor vehicles used in commission of certain crimes</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="22.2">Miscellaneous Forfeiture Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any vehicle knowingly used by the owner thereof or used by another with his knowledge of and during the commission of, or in an attempt to commit, a second or subsequent <span class="dictionary">offense</span> of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Prostitution; commercial sexual conduct; penalties" href="/18.2-346/">18.2-346</a>, <a class="law" title="Prostitution; solicitation; commercial exploitation of a minor; penalties" href="/18.2-346.01/">18.2-346.01</a>, <a class="law" title="Keeping, residing in, or frequenting a bawdy place; &quot;bawdy place&quot; defined; penalty" href="/18.2-347/">18.2-347</a>, <a class="law" title="Aiding prostitution or illicit sexual intercourse, etc.; penalty" href="/18.2-348/">18.2-348</a>, <a class="law" title="Promoting travel for prostitution; penalty" href="/18.2-348.1/">18.2-348.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Using vehicles to promote prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse; penalty" href="/18.2-349/">18.2-349</a>, <a class="law" title="Taking, detaining, etc., person for prostitution, etc., or consenting thereto; human trafficking" href="/18.2-355/">18.2-355</a>, <a class="law" title="Receiving money for procuring person; penalties" href="/18.2-356/">18.2-356</a> or <a class="law" title="Receiving money from earnings of male or female prostitute; penalties" href="/18.2-357/">18.2-357</a> or of a similar <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> of any county, city or town or knowingly used for the transportation of any stolen goods, chattels or other property, when the value of such stolen goods, chattels or other property is $1,000 or more, or any stolen property obtained as a result of a <span class="dictionary">robbery</span>, without regard to the value of the property, shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth. The vehicle shall be seized by any <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer arresting the operator of such vehicle for the criminal <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, and delivered to the sheriff of the county or city in which the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> occurred. The officer shall take a receipt therefor. <a id="paragraph-222994" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-386.16/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any vehicle knowingly used by the owner thereof or used by another with his knowledge of and during the commission of, or in an attempt to commit, a <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> violation of subsection D of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Abduction and kidnapping defined; forced labor; punishment" href="/18.2-47/">18.2-47</a> or a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> violation of (i) Article 3 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Abduction and kidnapping defined; forced labor; punishment" href="/18.2-47/">18.2-47</a> et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 or (ii) &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Receiving money from earnings of male or female prostitute; penalties" href="/18.2-357/">18.2-357</a> where the prostitute is a <span class="dictionary">minor</span>, shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth. The vehicle shall be seized by any <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer arresting the operator of such vehicle for the criminal <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, and delivered to the sheriff of the county or city in which the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> occurred. The officer shall take a receipt therefor. <a id="paragraph-222995" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-386.16/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Forfeiture of such vehicle shall be enforced as is provided in Chapter 22.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Commencing an action of forfeiture" href="/19.2-386.1/">19.2-386.1</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-222996" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-386.16/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 18.1-103, 18.1-107.1; 1960, c. 358; 1966, c. 247; 1970, c. 353; 1975, cc. 14, 15, &#xA7; 18.2-110; 1981, c. 188; 1982, c. 509; 1992, cc. 310, 725; 1993, cc. 609, 866; 2004, c. 995; 2010, c. 710; 2011, cc. 818, 852; 2012, cc. 283, 756; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2019, c. 458; 2020, cc. 89, 401; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
