CHAPTER 536
An Act to amend and reenact §18.2-118 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to fraudulent conversion or removal of leased personal
property.
[S 1144]
Approved March 18, 2013
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-118 of the Code of Virginia is amended and
reenacted as follows:
§18.2-118. Fraudulent conversion or removal of leased
personal property.
(a) A. Whenever any person is in possession or control
of any personal property, by virtue of or subject to a written lease of such
property, except property described in §18.2-117, and such person so in
possession or control shall, with intent to defraud, sell, secrete, or destroy
the property, or dispose of the property for his own use, or fraudulently
remove the same from the Commonwealth without the written consent of the lessor
thereof, or fail to return such property to the lessor thereof within ten
30 days after expiration of the lease or rental period for such property
stated in such written lease, he shall be deemed guilty of the larceny thereof.
(b) B. The fact that such person signs the lease
or rental agreement with a name other than his own, or fails to return such
property to the lessor thereof within ten 30 days after the
giving of written notice to such person that the lease or rental period for
such property has expired, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud.
For purposes of this section, notice mailed by certified mail and addressed to
such person at the address of the lessee stated in the lease, shall be
sufficient giving of written notice under this section.
(c) C. The venue of prosecution under this
section shall be the county or city in which such property was leased or in
which such accused person last had a legal residence.
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