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Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-361

Misuse, misappropriation or willful failure to account for fines is embezzlement

Code 1950, § 19.1-350; 1960, c. 366; 1975, c. 495.

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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