Code of Virginia - Title 18.2 Crimes And Offenses Generally - Section 18.2-112 Embezzlement by officers, etc., of public or other funds; default in paying over funds evidence of ...

§ 18.2-112. Embezzlement by officers, etc., of public or other funds; default in paying over funds evidence of ...

If any officer, agent or employee of the Commonwealth or of any city, town, county, or any other political subdivision, or the deputy of any such officer having custody of public funds, or other funds coming into his custody under his official capacity, knowingly misuse or misappropriate the same or knowingly dispose thereof otherwise than in accordance with law, he shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony; and any default of such officer, agent, employee or deputy in paying over any such funds to the proper authorities when required by law to do so shall be deemed prima facie evidence of his guilt.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-110; 1960, c. 358; 1973, c. 15; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1979, c. 585.)

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