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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 346<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":154007,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60846,"identifier":"15.2-1800.3","token":"15.2\/II\/18\/1\/15.2-1800.3","url":"\/15.2-1800.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1800.3\/","token":"15.2\/II\/18\/1\/15.2-1800.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of certain property by locality to adjoining landowners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1800.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any instance in which a parcel of real estate is (i) located within an undeveloped common area in a subdivision, (ii) located in a subdivision with a homeowners’ association that has been previously dissolved, and (iii) tax delinquent, a locality<\/span> may, after giving at least 30 days of notice to adjacent property owners, choose to offer for sale such tax delinquent property in whole or in part to adjacent property owners prior to any public auction of the tax delinquent property. The locality<\/span> may waive<\/span> any liens<\/span> associated with the property in order<\/span> to facilitate the sale and may further waive<\/span> payment of any past taxes, penalties, and interest with regard to any new owner.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY BY LOCALITY TO ADJOINING LANDOWNERS (\u00a7 15.2-1800.3)\n\nIn any instance in which a parcel of real estate is (i) located within an\nundeveloped common area in a subdivision, (ii) located in a subdivision with a\nhomeowners’ association that has been previously dissolved, and (iii) tax\ndelinquent, a locality may, after giving at least 30 days of notice to adjacent\nproperty owners, choose to offer for sale such tax delinquent property in whole\nor in part to adjacent property owners prior to any public auction of the tax\ndelinquent property. The locality may waive any liens associated with the\nproperty in order to facilitate the sale and may further waive payment of any\npast taxes, penalties, and interest with regard to any new owner.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 346.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}