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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79782</law_id><section_number>19.2-386.35</section_number><catch_line>Seizure of property used in connection with certain offenses</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><p>All money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property of any kind or character together with any interest or profits derived from the investment of such proceeds or other property that (i) was used in connection with the commission of, or in an attempt to commit, a violation of subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abduction and kidnapping defined; forced labor; punishment" href="/18.2-47/">18.2-47</a>, &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose" href="/18.2-48/">18.2-48</a>, <a class="law" title="Extortion of money, property or pecuniary benefit" href="/18.2-59/">18.2-59</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>, <a class="law" title="Receiving money from earnings of male or female prostitute; penalties" href="/18.2-357/">18.2-357</a>, <a class="law" title="Commercial sex trafficking; penalties" href="/18.2-357.1/">18.2-357.1</a>, <a class="law" title="Time and medium of payment; withholding wages; written statement of earnings; agreement for forfeiture of wages; proceedings to enforce compliance; penalties" href="/40.1-29/">40.1-29</a>, <a class="law" title="Employment involving sexually explicit visual material prohibited" href="/40.1-100.2/">40.1-100.2</a>, or <a class="law" title="Cruelty and injuries to children; penalty; abandoned infant" href="/40.1-103/">40.1-103</a>; (ii) is traceable to the proceeds of some form of activity that violates subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abduction and kidnapping defined; forced labor; punishment" href="/18.2-47/">18.2-47</a>, &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose" href="/18.2-48/">18.2-48</a>, <a class="law" title="Extortion of money, property or pecuniary benefit" href="/18.2-59/">18.2-59</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>, <a class="law" title="Receiving money from earnings of male or female prostitute; penalties" href="/18.2-357/">18.2-357</a>, <a class="law" title="Time and medium of payment; withholding wages; written statement of earnings; agreement for forfeiture of wages; proceedings to enforce compliance; penalties" href="/40.1-29/">40.1-29</a>, <a class="law" title="Employment involving sexually explicit visual material prohibited" href="/40.1-100.2/">40.1-100.2</a>, or <a class="law" title="Cruelty and injuries to children; penalty; abandoned infant" href="/40.1-103/">40.1-103</a>; or (iii) was used to or intended to be used to promote some form of activity that violates subsection B of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abduction and kidnapping defined; forced labor; punishment" href="/18.2-47/">18.2-47</a>, &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Abduction with intent to extort money or for immoral purpose" href="/18.2-48/">18.2-48</a>, <a class="law" title="Extortion of money, property or pecuniary benefit" href="/18.2-59/">18.2-59</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>, <a class="law" title="Receiving money from earnings of male or female prostitute; penalties" href="/18.2-357/">18.2-357</a>, <a class="law" title="Time and medium of payment; withholding wages; written statement of earnings; agreement for forfeiture of wages; proceedings to enforce compliance; penalties" href="/40.1-29/">40.1-29</a>, <a class="law" title="Employment involving sexually explicit visual material prohibited" href="/40.1-100.2/">40.1-100.2</a>, or <a class="law" title="Cruelty and injuries to children; penalty; abandoned infant" href="/40.1-103/">40.1-103</a> is subject to lawful seizure by a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer and subject to forfeiture to the Commonwealth pursuant to Chapter 22.1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commencing an action of forfeiture" href="/19.2-386.1/">19.2-386.1</a> et seq.).
		Real property shall not be subject to seizure unless the minimum prescribed punishment for the violation is a term of imprisonment of not less than five years.
		All seizures and forfeitures under this section shall be governed by Chapter 22.1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commencing an action of forfeiture" href="/19.2-386.1/">19.2-386.1</a> et seq.), and the procedures specified therein shall apply, <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span>, to all forfeitures under this section.</p></section></text><history>2014, c. 658; 2015, cc. 690, 691; 2019, c. 458; 2020, c. 1000; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
