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Any unpaid rate, rent, fee or charge shall become a lien superior to the interest of any owner, lessee or tenant, and next in succession to taxes, on the real property on or for which the use of any such undertaking was made and for which the rate, rent, fee or charge was imposed. However, the lien shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of the real estate for valuable consideration without actual notice of the lien, until amount of the rate, rent, fee or charge is entered in the judgment records kept in the clerk’s office where deeds are recorded with respect to the real estate against which the lien is asserted. It shall be the duty of the clerk in such office to keep, preserve and hold available for public inspection the judgment records and to cause entries to be made and indexed in them from time to time upon certification by the locality.\n\t\tThe lien on any real estate may be discharged by the payment to the locality of the total amount of the lien, plus interest at the judgment rate of interest provided for in \u00a7 6.2-302 from the date the rate, rent, fee or charge was due and payable to the date of payment. It shall be the duty of the locality to deliver a certificate of payment to the person paying the lien. Upon presentation of the certificate, the clerk having the record of the lien shall mark the lien satisfied.\n\t\tJurisdiction to enforce any lien shall be in equity, and the court may order any real estate subject to the lien, or any part of it, sold and the proceeds applied to the payment of the lien and the interest which may accrue to the date of payment.\n\t\tNothing contained in this section shall be construed to prejudice the right of the locality to recover the amount of any lien, or of the rate, rent, fee or charge, and the interest which may accrue, by action at law or otherwise.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":308006,"text":"The rates, rents, fees or charges when made for the use of any revenue-producing undertaking may be collected by distress, levy, garnishment, attachment or as otherwise provided by law. Any unpaid rate, rent, fee or charge shall become a lien superior to the interest of any owner, lessee or tenant, and next in succession to taxes, on the real property on or for which the use of any such undertaking was made and for which the rate, rent, fee or charge was imposed. However, the lien shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of the real estate for valuable consideration without actual notice of the lien, until amount of the rate, rent, fee or charge is entered in the judgment records kept in the clerk’s office where deeds are recorded with respect to the real estate against which the lien is asserted. It shall be the duty of the clerk in such office to keep, preserve and hold available for public inspection the judgment records and to cause entries to be made and indexed in them from time to time upon certification by the locality.\n\t\tThe lien on any real estate may be discharged by the payment to the locality of the total amount of the lien, plus interest at the judgment rate of interest provided for in \u00a7 6.2-302 from the date the rate, rent, fee or charge was due and payable to the date of payment. It shall be the duty of the locality to deliver a certificate of payment to the person paying the lien. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1958, chapter 640; in 1962, chapter 623; in 1986, chapters 379 and 468; in 1991, chapter 668; in 1994, chapters 432<\/a> and 714<\/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":[{"id":70402,"section_number":"6.2-302","catch_line":"Judgment rate of interest","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-302\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155969,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85999,"identifier":"15.2-2605","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/2\/15.2-2605","url":"\/15.2-2605\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2605\/","token":"15.2\/II\/26\/2\/15.2-2605","dublin_core":{"Title":"Collection of rents and charges; liens on real estate; discharge and enforcement of liens","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2605","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The rates, rents, fees or charges when made for the use of any revenue-producing undertaking may be collected by distress, levy<\/span>, garnishment<\/span>, attachment<\/span> or as otherwise provided by law<\/span>. Any unpaid rate, rent, fee or charge shall become a lien<\/span> superior to the interest of any owner, lessee or tenant, and next in succession to taxes, on the real property on or for which the use of any such undertaking was made and for which the rate, rent, fee or charge was imposed. However, the lien<\/span> shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of the real estate for valuable consideration without actual notice of the lien<\/span>, until amount of the rate, rent, fee or charge is entered in the judgment<\/span> records kept in the clerk’s office where deeds are recorded with respect to the real estate against which the lien<\/span> is asserted. It shall be the duty of the clerk in such office to keep, preserve and hold available for public inspection the judgment<\/span> records and to cause entries to be made and indexed in them from time to time upon certification by the locality<\/span>.\n\t\tThe lien<\/span> on any real estate may be discharged by the payment to the locality<\/span> of the total amount of the lien<\/span>, plus interest at the judgment<\/span> rate of interest provided for in \u00a7 6.2-302<\/a> from the date the rate, rent, fee or charge was due and payable to the date of payment. It shall be the duty of the locality<\/span> to deliver a certificate of payment to the person paying the lien<\/span>. Upon presentation of the certificate, the clerk having the record of the lien<\/span> shall mark the lien<\/span> satisfied.\n\t\tJurisdiction<\/span> to enforce any lien<\/span> shall be in equity<\/span>, and the court<\/span> may order<\/span> any real estate subject to the lien<\/span>, or any part of it, sold and the proceeds applied to the payment of the lien<\/span> and the interest which may accrue to the date of payment.\n\t\tNothing contained in this section shall be construed to prejudice the right of the locality<\/span> to recover the amount of any lien<\/span>, or of the rate, rent, fee or charge, and the interest which may accrue, by action at law<\/span> or otherwise.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOLLECTION OF RENTS AND CHARGES; LIENS ON REAL ESTATE; DISCHARGE AND ENFORCEMENT\nOF LIENS (\u00a7 15.2-2605)\n\nThe rates, rents, fees or charges when made for the use of any revenue-producing\nundertaking may be collected by distress, levy, garnishment, attachment or as\notherwise provided by law. Any unpaid rate, rent, fee or charge shall become a\nlien superior to the interest of any owner, lessee or tenant, and next in\nsuccession to taxes, on the real property on or for which the use of any such\nundertaking was made and for which the rate, rent, fee or charge was imposed.\nHowever, the lien shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of\nthe real estate for valuable consideration without actual notice of the lien,\nuntil amount of the rate, rent, fee or charge is entered in the judgment records\nkept in the clerk’s office where deeds are recorded with respect to the\nreal estate against which the lien is asserted. It shall be the duty of the\nclerk in such office to keep, preserve and hold available for public inspection\nthe judgment records and to cause entries to be made and indexed in them from\ntime to time upon certification by the locality.\n\t\tThe lien on any real estate may be discharged by the payment to the locality\nof the total amount of the lien, plus interest at the judgment rate of interest\nprovided for in \u00a7 6.2-302 from the date the rate, rent, fee or charge was due\nand payable to the date of payment. It shall be the duty of the locality to\ndeliver a certificate of payment to the person paying the lien. Upon\npresentation of the certificate, the clerk having the record of the lien shall\nmark the lien satisfied.\n\t\tJurisdiction to enforce any lien shall be in equity, and the court may order\nany real estate subject to the lien, or any part of it, sold and the proceeds\napplied to the payment of the lien and the interest which may accrue to the date\nof payment.\n\t\tNothing contained in this section shall be construed to prejudice the right of\nthe locality to recover the amount of any lien, or of the rate, rent, fee or\ncharge, and the interest which may accrue, by action at law or otherwise.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-666.18; 1958, c. 640; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-175; 1986,\ncc. 379, 468; 1991, c. 668, \u00a7 15.1-227.7; 1994, cc. 432, 714; 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}}