Virginia Statutes
§ 19.2-361 — Misuse, misappropriation or willful failure to account for fines is embezzlement
Virginia § 19.2-361
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 19.2CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Ch. 21RECOVERY OF FINES AND PENALTIES
Art. 5RECEIPTS FOR FINES
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-361 (2026).
Text
If any officer misuse, misappropriate, or willfully fail to return or account for, a fine collected by him he shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement and shall be punished as for the embezzlement of public funds and the failure, without good cause, to produce or account for any receipt form received by him shall be prima facie evidence of his embezzlement of the amount represented thereby.
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Legislative History
Code 1950, § 19.1-350; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.
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Bluebook (online)
Virginia § 19.2-361, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/19.2/19.2-361.