CHAPTER 474
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
18.1-117.1, to prohibit the fraudulent conversion or removal of leased
personal property. 3 ase
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Approved April 4, 1966
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
18.1-117.1, as follows: ;

§ 18.1-117.1. (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 § 18.1-163, and such person so 1n
possession or control shall, with intent to defraud, dispose of the property
for his own use, or fraudulently remove the same from the State without
the written consent of the lessor thereof, or fail to return such property to
the lessor thereof within ten 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) The fact that such person fails to return such property to the
lessor thereof within ten 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) 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.