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The application, under oath, shall list each item of property, the date of submission to the Department, the agency or individual submitting the property, any previous court orders entered regarding the storage of the property, and the proposed method of disposal. The application shall also state that written notice by first-class mail was given to each agency or individual submitting property listed at least 30 days prior to the application, and that no agency or individual objected to the disposal. A return, under oath, reporting the time, place, and manner of disposal, shall be made to the court.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1413468,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 9.1-1106 and 9.1-1107, the Department may file an application in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond seeking an order authorizing the disposal of all personal property, including drugs, received by the Department more than 15 years prior to the filing of the application. 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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 868<\/a> and 881<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":378531,"section_number":"9.1-1106","catch_line":"Disposal of certain hazardous materials","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-1106\/"},{"id":378532,"section_number":"9.1-1107","catch_line":"Disposal of certain other property after analysis","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-1107\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1512153,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378533,"identifier":"9.1-1108","token":"9.1\/11\/1\/9.1-1108","url":"\/9.1-1108\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-1108\/","token":"9.1\/11\/1\/9.1-1108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disposal of property held by Department for more than 15 years","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-1108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 9.1-1106<\/a> and 9.1-1107<\/a>, the Department may file an application in the Circuit<\/span> Court<\/span> of the City of Richmond seeking an order<\/span> authorizing the disposal of all personal property, including drugs, received by the Department more than 15 years prior to the filing of the application. The application, under oath<\/span>, shall list each item of property, the date of submission to the Department, the agency or individual submitting the property, any previous court orders<\/span> entered regarding the storage of the property, and the proposed method of disposal. The application shall also state that written notice by first-class mail was given to each agency or individual submitting property listed at least 30 days prior to the application, and that no agency or individual objected to the disposal. A return, under oath<\/span>, reporting the time, place, and manner of disposal, shall be made to the court.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISPOSAL OF PROPERTY HELD BY DEPARTMENT FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS (\u00a7 9.1-1108)\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\u00a7 9.1-1106 and 9.1-1107, the Department may\nfile an application in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond seeking an\norder authorizing the disposal of all personal property, including drugs,\nreceived by the Department more than 15 years prior to the filing of the\napplication. The application, under oath, shall list each item of property, the\ndate of submission to the Department, the agency or individual submitting the\nproperty, any previous court orders entered regarding the storage of the\nproperty, and the proposed method of disposal. The application shall also state\nthat written notice by first-class mail was given to each agency or individual\nsubmitting property listed at least 30 days prior to the application, and that\nno agency or individual objected to the disposal. A return, under oath,\nreporting the time, place, and manner of disposal, shall be made to the court.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 868, 881.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}