Va. Code Ann. § 4.1-1113
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(Effective July 1, 2027) Maintaining common nuisances; penalties.
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A. All houses, boathouses, buildings, club or fraternity or lodge rooms, boats, cars, and places of every description where marijuana or marijuana products are manufactured, processed, stored, sold, dispensed, given away, or used contrary to law, by any scheme or device whatsoever, shall be deemed common nuisances.
No person shall maintain, aid, abet, or knowingly associate with others in maintaining a common nuisance.
Any person convicted of a violation of this subsection is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. In addition, after due notice and an opportunity to be heard on the part of any owner or lessor not involved in the original offense, by a proceeding analogous to that provided in § 4.1-1303 and upon proof of guilty knowledge, judgment may be given that such house, boathouse, building, boat, car, or other place, or any room or part thereof, be closed. The court may, upon the owner or lessor giving bond in the penalty of not less than $500 and with security to be approved by the court, conditioned that the premises shall not be used for unlawful purposes, or in violation of the provisions of this subtitle for a period of five years, turn the same over to its owner or lessor, or proceeding may be had in equity as provided in § 4.1-1300 .
C. In a proceeding under this section, judgment shall not be entered against the owner, lessor, or lienholder of the property unless it is proved that he (i) knew of the unlawful use of the property and (ii) had the right, because of such unlawful use, to enter and repossess the property.
2026, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1 .
No person shall maintain, aid, abet, or knowingly associate with others in maintaining a common nuisance.
Any person convicted of a violation of this subsection is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. In addition, after due notice and an opportunity to be heard on the part of any owner or lessor not involved in the original offense, by a proceeding analogous to that provided in § 4.1-1303 and upon proof of guilty knowledge, judgment may be given that such house, boathouse, building, boat, car, or other place, or any room or part thereof, be closed. The court may, upon the owner or lessor giving bond in the penalty of not less than $500 and with security to be approved by the court, conditioned that the premises shall not be used for unlawful purposes, or in violation of the provisions of this subtitle for a period of five years, turn the same over to its owner or lessor, or proceeding may be had in equity as provided in § 4.1-1300 .
C. In a proceeding under this section, judgment shall not be entered against the owner, lessor, or lienholder of the property unless it is proved that he (i) knew of the unlawful use of the property and (ii) had the right, because of such unlawful use, to enter and repossess the property.
2026, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1 .
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