Bill Text: VA SB108 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Orders of publication to enforce tax lien; limited-value property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0800) [SB108 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-SB108-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §8.01-321 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§8.01-321. Orders of publication in proceedings to enforce liens for taxes assessed upon real estate.
Whenever an order of publication is entered in any proceeding
brought by any county, city, or town
to enforce a lien for taxes assessed upon real estate, such order need not be
published more than once a week for two successive weeks. In
the event the property is assessed in the local tax records for $50,000
or less, such order need not be published more than once. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, when the real estate that is otherwise subject to
an order of publication has an assessed value of $10,000 or
less, as reflected in the local tax
assessment, the court may order any alternative form of and forum for publication
that will reasonably provide notice to all interested parties.
The party served by publication shall be required to appear and protect his
interest by the date stated in the order of publication,
which shall be not less than twenty-four 24 days after entry of such
order. The publication shall in other respects conform to §8.01-317, and when
such publication so conforms, the provisions of §8.01-318 shall apply.