19.2-386.5 - Release of seized property. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-386.5. Release of seized property.

At any time prior to the filing of an information, the attorney for theCommonwealth in the county or city in which the property has been seizedpursuant to § 19.2-386.15 or § 19.2-386.22 may, in his discretion, upon thepayment of costs incident to the custody of the seized property, return theseized property to an owner or lien holder, without requiring that the owneror lien holder post bond as provided in § 19.2-386.6, if he believes theproperty is properly exempt from forfeiture pursuant to § 19.2-386.8.

(1989, c. 690; 2002, cc. 588, 623; 2004, c. 995.)