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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59228</law_id><section_number>19.2-386.36</section_number><catch_line>Seizure of moneys or other assets of value in connection with or derived from financial exploitation of vulnerable adults</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-386.5</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="22.2">Miscellaneous Forfeiture Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property of any kind or character that is (i) the subject of a violation of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults; penalty" href="/18.2-178.1/">18.2-178.1</a>, including all moneys or other property, real or personal, traceable to such a violation, together with any interest or profits derived from the investment of such money or other property, or (ii) used in substantial connection with such a violation shall be subject to lawful seizure. 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 12 months.
		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>, except that an action against any property subject to seizure under the provisions of this section may be commenced by the filing of an information in the clerk&#x2019;s office of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> by the guardian, adult protective agent, or representative of the vulnerable adult, who may for good cause shown, upon <span class="dictionary">motion</span> to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> in which the information is filed, act and stand in the place of the attorney for the Commonwealth for the enforcement of such action. A <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> on a <span class="dictionary">motion</span> by a vulnerable adult pursuant to this section shall be scheduled on an expedited basis and given priority over other civil matters before the <span class="dictionary">court</span>. In addition to existing procedures for <span class="dictionary">service of process</span>, such service may be satisfied by certified mail, return receipt requested.
		Notwithstanding any provision of 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.) to the contrary, money, equipment, motor vehicles, and other personal and real property seized in the course of the investigation or <span class="dictionary">prosecution</span> for such <span class="dictionary">offense</span> shall be returned to the vulnerable adult or his estate pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Release of seized property" href="/19.2-386.5/">19.2-386.5</a> and shall be returned upon a <span class="dictionary">plea</span> of guilty or a <span class="dictionary">finding</span> of <span class="dictionary">facts</span> sufficient for guilt for a violation of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults; penalty" href="/18.2-178.1/">18.2-178.1</a>.</p></section></text><history>2025, c. 160.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
