Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org35173719.2-361Misuse, misappropriation or willful failure to account for fines is embezzlement2026Criminal ProcedureRecovery of Fines and PenaltiesReceipts for Fines

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.

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