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2013 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-386.21 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-386.21. Forfeiture of counterfeit and contraband cigarettes.
Counterfeit cigarettes possessed in violation of § 18.2-246.14
and cigarettes possessed in violation of § 58.1-1017 or 58.1-1017.1 shall
be subject to seizure, forfeiture, and destruction by the Virginia
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or any law-enforcement officer of the
Commonwealth. All fixtures, equipment, materials, and personal property
used in substantial connection with (i) the sale or possession of
counterfeit cigarettes in a knowing and intentional violation of Article 10 (§
18.2-246.6 et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 18.2 or (ii) the sale or
possession of cigarettes in a knowing and intentional violation of § 58.1-1017
or 58.1-1017.1 shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture according to the
procedures contained in Chapter 22.1 (§ 19.2-386.1 et seq.) of this title,
applied mutatis mutandis.