2014 Virginia Code
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
§ 19.2-305.2. Amount of restitution; enforcement


VA Code § 19.2-305.2 (2014) What's This?

A. The court, when ordering restitution pursuant to § 19.2-305.1, may require that such defendant, in the case of an offense resulting in damage to or loss or destruction of property of a victim of the offense (i) return the property to the owner or (ii) if return of the property is impractical or impossible, pay an amount equal to the greater of the value of the property at the time of the offense or the value of the property at the time of sentencing.

B. An order of restitution may be docketed as provided in § 8.01-446 when so ordered by the court or upon written request of the victim and may be enforced by a victim named in the order to receive the restitution in the same manner as a judgment in a civil action.

1988, c. 679; 1989, c. 386 .

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