If the property seized is a motor vehicle required by the motor vehicle laws of Virginia to be registered, the attorney for the Commonwealth shall forthwith notify the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, by certified mail, or electronically in a format prescribed by the Commissioner, of such seizure and the motor number of the vehicle so seized, and the Commissioner shall promptly certify to such attorney for the Commonwealth the name and address of the person in whose name such vehicle is registered, together with the name and address of any person holding a lien thereon. The Commissioner shall also forthwith notify such registered owner and lienor, in writing, of the reported seizure and the county or city wherein such seizure was made.
The certificate of the Commissioner, concerning such registration and lien, shall be received in evidence in any proceeding, either civil or criminal, under any provision of this chapter, in which such facts may be material to the issue involved.
2012, cc. 283, 756; 2016, cc. 203, 423.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 19.2 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 22.1 - Enforcement of Forfeitures
§ 19.2-386.1. Commencing an action of forfeiture
§ 19.2-386.2. Seizure of named property
§ 19.2-386.2:1. Notice to Commissioner of Department of Motor Vehicles; duties of Commissioner
§ 19.2-386.3. Notice of seizure for forfeiture and notice of motion for judgment
§ 19.2-386.4. Records and handling of seized property
§ 19.2-386.5. Release of seized property
§ 19.2-386.6. Bond to secure possession
§ 19.2-386.7. Sale of property liable to deterioration
§ 19.2-386.9. Appearance by owner or lien holder
§ 19.2-386.10. Forfeiture; default judgment; remission; trial
§ 19.2-386.11. Judgment of condemnation; destruction
§ 19.2-386.12. Sale of forfeited property