                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEIZURE OF PROPERTY USED IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN OFFENSES (§ 19.2-386.35)

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 § 18.2-47, § 18.2-48, 18.2-59, 18.2-346.01, 18.2-347, 18.2-348, 18.2-348.1,
18.2-349, 18.2-355, 18.2-356, 18.2-357, 18.2-357.1, 40.1-29, 40.1-100.2, or
40.1-103; (ii) is traceable to the proceeds of some form of activity that
violates subsection B of § 18.2-47, § 18.2-48, 18.2-59, 18.2-346.01, 18.2-347,
18.2-348, 18.2-348.1, 18.2-349, 18.2-355, 18.2-356, 18.2-357, 40.1-29,
40.1-100.2, or 40.1-103; or (iii) was used to or intended to be used to promote
some form of activity that violates subsection B of § 18.2-47, § 18.2-48,
18.2-59, 18.2-346.01, 18.2-347, 18.2-348, 18.2-348.1, 18.2-349, 18.2-355,
18.2-356, 18.2-357, 40.1-29, 40.1-100.2, or 40.1-103 is subject to lawful
seizure by a law-enforcement officer and subject to forfeiture to the
Commonwealth pursuant to Chapter 22.1 (§ 19.2-386.1 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 (§ 19.2-386.1 et seq.), and the procedures specified therein shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, to all forfeitures under this section.

HISTORY: 2014, c. 658; 2015, cc. 690, 691; 2019, c. 458; 2020, c. 1000; 2021,
Sp. Sess. I, c. 188.