                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMBEZZLEMENT BY OFFICERS, ETC., OF PUBLIC OR OTHER FUNDS; DEFAULT IN PAYING OVER
FUNDS EVIDENCE OF GUILT (§ 18.2-112)

If any officer, agent or employee of the Commonwealth or of any city, town,
county, or any other political subdivision, or the deputy of any such officer
having custody of public funds, or other funds coming into his custody under his
official capacity, knowingly misuse or misappropriate the same or knowingly
dispose thereof otherwise than in accordance with law, he shall be guilty of a
Class 4 felony; and any default of such officer, agent, employee or deputy in
paying over any such funds to the proper authorities when required by law to do
so shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his guilt.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-110; 1960, c. 358; 1973, c. 15; 1975, cc. 14, 15;
1979, c. 585.