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It shall be the duty of the circuit court clerk to cause entries to be made and indexed therein from time to time upon certification by the locality.C\n\nSuch lien on any real estate may be discharged by the payment to the locality of the total amount of such lien and the interest which may accrue to the date of such payment. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 623; in 1977, chapter 66; in 1979, chapter 239; in 1994, chapter 432<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63126,"section_number":"17.1-267","catch_line":"Services for which clerks may not charge","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-267\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":154603,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81070,"identifier":"15.2-2120","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/2\/15.2-2120","url":"\/15.2-2120\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2120\/","token":"15.2\/II\/21\/2\/15.2-2120","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of liens for water or sewer charges","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2120","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any lien<\/span> for water and sewer charges when properly docketed in the clerk’s office may be enforced in the same manner as taxes due a locality<\/span> or by cutting off water or sewer service provided the public health or safety will not be endangered thereby. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Such lien<\/span> shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of such real estate for valuable consideration without actual notice of such lien<\/span>, until and except from the time that the amount of such fees and charges are entered in a judgment<\/span> lien<\/span> book in the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> for the locality<\/span> wherein the real estate or a part thereof is located. It shall be the duty of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> clerk to cause entries to be made and indexed therein from time to time upon certification by the locality<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Such lien<\/span> on any real estate may be discharged by the payment to the locality<\/span> of the total amount of such lien<\/span> and the interest which may accrue to the date of such payment. It shall be the duty of the locality<\/span> to deliver a certificate thereof to the person paying the same, and upon presentation thereof, the clerk having the record of such lien<\/span> shall mark the entry of such lien<\/span> satisfied. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF LIENS FOR WATER OR SEWER CHARGES (\u00a7 15.2-2120)\n\nA. Any lien for water and sewer charges when properly docketed in the\nclerk’s office may be enforced in the same manner as taxes due a locality\nor by cutting off water or sewer service provided the public health or safety\nwill not be endangered thereby.\n\nB. Such lien shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of such\nreal estate for valuable consideration without actual notice of such lien, until\nand except from the time that the amount of such fees and charges are entered in\na judgment lien book in the circuit court for the locality wherein the real\nestate or a part thereof is located. It shall be the duty of the circuit court\nclerk to cause entries to be made and indexed therein from time to time upon\ncertification by the locality.\n\nC. Such lien on any real estate may be discharged by the payment to the locality\nof the total amount of such lien and the interest which may accrue to the date\nof such payment. It shall be the duty of the locality to deliver a certificate\nthereof to the person paying the same, and upon presentation thereof, the clerk\nhaving the record of such lien shall mark the entry of such lien satisfied.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-717.2; 1950, p. 896; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-296; 1977,\nc. 66; 1979, c. 239; 1994, c. 432; 1997, c. 587.","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}}