58.1-1037 - Seizure.

§ 58.1-1037. Seizure.

Cigarettes that are acquired, held, owned, possessed, transported in,imported into, or sold or distributed in the Commonwealth in violation ofthis chapter shall be deemed contraband and shall be subject to seizure,forfeiture and destruction. Such cigarettes shall be deemed contrabandwhether or not the violation of this chapter is with knowledge.

(2000, cc. 880, 901.)