2010 Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD.
Chapter 51 - Food and Drink (3.2-5100 thru 3.2-5145)
3.2-5139 - Disposition of proceeds from sale of such goods.
§ 3.2-5139. Disposition of proceeds from sale of such goods.
The proceeds arising from any sale of seized property or goods shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the general fund. If the owner or party claiming the property or goods can produce and prove a written guaranty of purity, signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufacturers, or other party residing within the Commonwealth from whom the articles were purchased, then the proceeds of the sale, over and above the costs of seizure, forfeiture and sale, shall be paid to the owner or claimant to reimburse him, to the extent of such surplus, for his actual loss resulting from the seizure and forfeiture as shown by the invoice.
(Code 1950, § 3-334; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-413; 2008, c. 860.)
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