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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58427</law_id><section_number>46.2-2128</section_number><catch_line>Vehicle seizure; penalty</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="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Motor Carriers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Regulation of Property Carriers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Motor Carriers of Property -- Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any police officer of the Commonwealth authorized to serve process may hold a <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> owned by a <span class="dictionary">person</span> against whom an <span class="dictionary">order</span> or <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> has been entered, but only for such time as is reasonably necessary to promptly <span class="dictionary">petition</span> for a <span class="dictionary">writ of fieri facias</span>. The Commonwealth shall not be required to post <span class="dictionary">bond</span> in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to hold and <span class="dictionary">levy</span> upon any vehicle held pursuant to this section. <a id="paragraph-213932" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-2128/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon notification of the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> or <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> entered against the <span class="dictionary">owner</span> of the vehicle and notice to such <span class="dictionary">person</span> of the failure to satisfy the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> or <span class="dictionary">penalty</span>, any investigator, special <span class="dictionary">agent</span>, or officer of the Commonwealth shall thereafter deny the offending <span class="dictionary">person</span> the right to operate the <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> on the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span> of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-213933" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-2128/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, c. 596.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
