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Such assessment shall be a lien solely on the abutting land as provided in \u00a7 15.2-2411.\n\t\tAfter the completion of the improvement, the estimated amount shall be amended to show the amount finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by agreement with him, which final amount shall in no event exceed the estimated amount for the improvements as initially authorized. The amount finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner may be greater than the initially assessed amount when the increased amount is for additional work being performed when the work was requested by the landowner and the additional work and its estimated amount is written into a separate agreement between the locality and the affected landowner. From the time of the docketing of such abstract, any purchaser of, or creditor acquiring a lien on, any of the property described therein shall be deemed to have had notice of the proposed assessment.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307756,"text":"When any improvement is authorized for which assessments may be made against the abutting landowners, the governing body may, before the amount to be finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by agreement is determined, cause to be recorded in the deed book of the circuit court clerk’s office for such locality, an abstract of the resolution or ordinance authorizing such improvement showing the ownership and location of the property to be affected by the proposed improvement and the estimated amount that will be assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by agreement with him and the same shall be indexed in the name of the owner of the property. Such assessment shall be a lien solely on the abutting land as provided in \u00a7 15.2-2411.\n\t\tAfter the completion of the improvement, the estimated amount shall be amended to show the amount finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by agreement with him, which final amount shall in no event exceed the estimated amount for the improvements as initially authorized. The amount finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner may be greater than the initially assessed amount when the increased amount is for additional work being performed when the work was requested by the landowner and the additional work and its estimated amount is written into a separate agreement between the locality and the affected landowner. 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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 1964, chapter 521; in 1985, chapter 169; in 1996, chapter 222<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81535,"section_number":"15.2-2411","catch_line":"How such appeal tried; lien of judgment; when to take effect; how enforced","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2411\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81535,"section_number":"15.2-2411","catch_line":"How such appeal tried; lien of judgment; when to take effect; how enforced","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2411\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155663,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85923,"identifier":"15.2-2412","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/2\/15.2-2412","url":"\/15.2-2412\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2412\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/2\/15.2-2412","dublin_core":{"Title":"Docketing of abstracts of resolutions or ordinances","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2412","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When any improvement is authorized for which assessments may be made against the abutting landowners, the governing body<\/span> may, before the amount to be finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by agreement is determined, cause to be recorded in the deed book of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> clerk’s office for such locality<\/span>, an abstract of the resolution or ordinance<\/span> authorizing such improvement showing the ownership and location of the property to be affected by the proposed improvement and the estimated amount that will be assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by agreement with him and the same shall be indexed in the name of the owner of the property. Such assessment shall be a lien<\/span> solely on the abutting land as provided in \u00a7 15.2-2411<\/a>.\n\t\tAfter the completion of the improvement, the estimated amount shall be amended to show the amount finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by agreement with him, which final amount shall in no event exceed the estimated amount for the improvements as initially authorized. The amount finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner may be greater than the initially assessed amount when the increased amount is for additional work being performed when the work was requested by the landowner and the additional work and its estimated amount is written into a separate agreement between the locality<\/span> and the affected landowner. From the time of the docketing of such abstract, any purchaser of, or creditor<\/span> acquiring a lien<\/span> on, any of the property described therein shall be deemed to have had notice of the proposed assessment.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDOCKETING OF ABSTRACTS OF RESOLUTIONS OR ORDINANCES (\u00a7 15.2-2412)\n\nWhen any improvement is authorized for which assessments may be made against the\nabutting landowners, the governing body may, before the amount to be finally\nassessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by agreement is\ndetermined, cause to be recorded in the deed book of the circuit court\nclerk’s office for such locality, an abstract of the resolution or\nordinance authorizing such improvement showing the ownership and location of the\nproperty to be affected by the proposed improvement and the estimated amount\nthat will be assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or fixed by\nagreement with him and the same shall be indexed in the name of the owner of the\nproperty. Such assessment shall be a lien solely on the abutting land as\nprovided in \u00a7 15.2-2411.\n\t\tAfter the completion of the improvement, the estimated amount shall be amended\nto show the amount finally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner or\nfixed by agreement with him, which final amount shall in no event exceed the\nestimated amount for the improvements as initially authorized. The amount\nfinally assessed against or apportioned to each landowner may be greater than\nthe initially assessed amount when the increased amount is for additional work\nbeing performed when the work was requested by the landowner and the additional\nwork and its estimated amount is written into a separate agreement between the\nlocality and the affected landowner. From the time of the docketing of such\nabstract, any purchaser of, or creditor acquiring a lien on, any of the property\ndescribed therein shall be deemed to have had notice of the proposed assessment.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-677; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-247; 1964, c. 521; 1985, c.\n169; 1996, c. 222; 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}}