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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 348<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":350520,"section_number":"18.2-246.3","catch_line":"Money laundering; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-246.3\/"},{"id":350542,"section_number":"18.2-248","catch_line":"Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-248\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1393499,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350522,"identifier":"18.2-246.5","token":"18.2\/6\/9\/18.2-246.5","url":"\/18.2-246.5\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-246.5\/","token":"18.2\/6\/9\/18.2-246.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Forfeiture of business license or registration upon conviction of sale or distribution of imitation controlled substance; money laundering","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-246.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person, firm or corporation holding a license or registration to operate any business as required by either state or local law<\/span> shall forfeit such license or registration upon conviction<\/span> of a violation of (i) \u00a7 18.2-248<\/a> relating to an imitation controlled substance or (ii) \u00a7 18.2-246.3<\/a> relating to money laundering. Upon a conviction<\/span> under this section the attorney for the Commonwealth shall notify any appropriate agency.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFORFEITURE OF BUSINESS LICENSE OR REGISTRATION UPON CONVICTION OF SALE OR\nDISTRIBUTION OF IMITATION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; MONEY LAUNDERING (\u00a7 18.2-246.5)\n\nAny person, firm or corporation holding a license or registration to operate any\nbusiness as required by either state or local law shall forfeit such license or\nregistration upon conviction of a violation of (i) \u00a7 18.2-248 relating to an\nimitation controlled substance or (ii) \u00a7 18.2-246.3 relating to money\nlaundering. Upon a conviction under this section the attorney for the\nCommonwealth shall notify any appropriate agency.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 348.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}