CODE OF VIRGINIA

SEIZURE (§ 58.1-1037)

Cigarettes that are acquired, held, owned, possessed, transported in, imported
into, or sold or distributed in the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter
shall be deemed contraband and shall be subject to seizure, forfeiture,
destruction, or court-ordered assignment for use by a law-enforcement undercover
operation. Such cigarettes shall be deemed contraband whether or not the
violation of this chapter is with knowledge.

HISTORY: 2000, cc. 880, 901; 2012, cc. 362, 472.