{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/25.1-240.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/25.1-240.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/25.1-240.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/25.1-240.html"}],"law_id":85738,"edition_id":1,"section_id":85738,"structure_id":14280,"section_number":"25.1-240","catch_line":"Distribution of money paid into court","history":"Code 1919, \u00a7 4374; 1942, p. 339; Code 1950, \u00a7 25-26; 1962, c. 426, \u00a7 25-46.28; 1964, c. 590; 1979, c. 494; 1997, c. 801; 2003, c. 940.","full_text":"A\n\nUpon the award being paid into court and the confirmation of the report in the manner provided in § 25.1-237, the interest or estate of the owner or owners in the property taken or damaged shall terminate and they shall have such interest or estate in the fund and any interest accrued thereon so paid into court as they had in the property so taken or damaged. All liens by a deed of trust, judgment or otherwise upon such property or any interest therein shall be transferred to the fund so paid into court. If the court is satisfied that the persons having an interest therein are before the court, the court shall make such distribution of such money and any interest accrued thereon as to it may seem proper, having due regard to the interest of all persons therein, and in what proportions such money is properly payable.B\n\nIf it appears from the record in the proceedings or otherwise that the person or persons or classes of persons in the proceedings are vested with the superior right or claim of title in the land or estate or interest therein condemned, or in the proceeds of the award of just compensation, and that the record does not disclose any denial or dispute thereof, by any person or party in interest, the court may direct that the fund and any interest accrued thereon, after the payment therefrom of any taxes, be disbursed and distributed accordingly among the persons entitled thereto or to such person who they may by writing direct.C\n\nNotwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the court may inquire into the rights or claims of any persons appearing to be infants, incapacitated or under any other legal incapacity, independent of any statement in the record.D\n\nAny order for distribution shall conserve and protect the rights of such parties in and to the fund and any interest accrued thereon.E\n\nThe cost of a commissioner in chancery appointed by the court to assist in making the proper distribution in cases of legal disability as herein set forth may be taxed as a cost of the proceedings, to be paid by the petitioner.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307067,"text":"Upon the award being paid into court and the confirmation of the report in the manner provided in § 25.1-237, the interest or estate of the owner or owners in the property taken or damaged shall terminate and they shall have such interest or estate in the fund and any interest accrued thereon so paid into court as they had in the property so taken or damaged. All liens by a deed of trust, judgment or otherwise upon such property or any interest therein shall be transferred to the fund so paid into court. If the court is satisfied that the persons having an interest therein are before the court, the court shall make such distribution of such money and any interest accrued thereon as to it may seem proper, having due regard to the interest of all persons therein, and in what proportions such money is properly payable.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":307068,"text":"If it appears from the record in the proceedings or otherwise that the person or persons or classes of persons in the proceedings are vested with the superior right or claim of title in the land or estate or interest therein condemned, or in the proceeds of the award of just compensation, and that the record does not disclose any denial or dispute thereof, by any person or party in interest, the court may direct that the fund and any interest accrued thereon, after the payment therefrom of any taxes, be disbursed and distributed accordingly among the persons entitled thereto or to such person who they may by writing direct.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":307069,"text":"Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the court may inquire into the rights or claims of any persons appearing to be infants, incapacitated or under any other legal incapacity, independent of any statement in the record.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"3":{"id":307070,"text":"Any order for distribution shall conserve and protect the rights of such parties in and to the fund and any interest accrued thereon.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"E"},"4":{"id":307071,"text":"The cost of a commissioner in chancery appointed by the court to assist in making the proper distribution in cases of legal disability as herein set forth may be taxed as a cost of the proceedings, to be paid by the petitioner.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14280,"edition_id":1,"name":"Judgment and Post-Judgment Procedure","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13197,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:35","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:35","permalink":{"id":189711,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14280,"identifier":"7","token":"25.1\/2\/7","url":"\/25.1\/2\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13197,"edition_id":1,"name":"Condemnation Procedures","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13196,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","permalink":{"id":189537,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13197,"identifier":"2","token":"25.1\/2","url":"\/25.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13196,"edition_id":1,"name":"Eminent Domain","identifier":"25.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:26","permalink":{"id":189493,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13196,"identifier":"25.1","token":"25.1","url":"\/25.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":86229,"structure_id":14280,"section_number":"25.1-237","catch_line":"Payment of compensation and damages into court; 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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 426; in 1964, chapter 590; in 1979, chapter 494; in 1997, chapter 801<\/a>; in 2003, chapter 940<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58590,"section_number":"25.1-247.1","catch_line":"Distribution of funds to owner or owner's attorney","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-247.1\/"},{"id":79560,"section_number":"33.2-1023","catch_line":"Proceedings for distribution of funds; effect of acceptance of payments; evidence as to amount of deposit or certificate","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1023\/"},{"id":83027,"section_number":"33.2-1027.1","catch_line":"Distribution of funds to owner or owner's attorney","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1027.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86229,"section_number":"25.1-237","catch_line":"Payment of compensation and damages into court; vesting of title","order_by":null,"url":"\/25.1-237\/"}],"permalink":{"id":189725,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85738,"identifier":"25.1-240","token":"25.1\/2\/7\/25.1-240","url":"\/25.1-240\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/25.1-240\/","token":"25.1\/2\/7\/25.1-240","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution of money paid into court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 25.1-240","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon the award being paid into court<\/span> and the confirmation of the report in the manner provided in § 25.1-237<\/a>, the interest or estate of the owner<\/span> or owners<\/span> in the property<\/span> taken or damaged shall terminate and they shall have such interest or estate in the fund and any interest accrued thereon so paid into court<\/span> as they had in the property<\/span> so taken or damaged. All liens<\/span> by a deed of trust, judgment<\/span> or otherwise upon such property<\/span> or any interest therein shall be transferred to the fund so paid into court<\/span>. If the court<\/span> is satisfied that the persons<\/span> having an interest therein are before the court<\/span>, the court<\/span> shall make such distribution of such money and any interest accrued thereon as to it may seem proper, having due regard to the interest of all persons<\/span> therein, and in what proportions such money is properly payable. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If it appears from the record in the proceedings or otherwise that the person<\/span> or persons<\/span> or classes of persons<\/span> in the proceedings are vested with the superior right or claim of title in the land<\/span> or estate or interest therein condemned, or in the proceeds of the award of just compensation, and that the record does not disclose any denial or dispute thereof, by any person<\/span> or party in interest<\/span>, the court<\/span> may direct that the fund and any interest accrued thereon, after the payment therefrom of any taxes, be disbursed and distributed accordingly among the persons<\/span> entitled thereto or to such person<\/span> who they may by writing direct. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the court<\/span> may inquire into the rights or claims of any persons<\/span> appearing to be infants, incapacitated or under any other legal incapacity, independent of any statement in the record. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any order<\/span> for distribution shall conserve and protect the rights of such parties in and to the fund and any interest accrued thereon. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> The cost of a commissioner in chancery<\/span> appointed by the court<\/span> to assist in making the proper distribution in cases of legal disability as herein set forth may be taxed as a cost of the proceedings, to be paid by the petitioner<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTRIBUTION OF MONEY PAID INTO COURT (\u00a7 25.1-240)\n\nA. Upon the award being paid into court and the confirmation of the report in\nthe manner provided in § 25.1-237, the interest or estate of the owner or\nowners in the property taken or damaged shall terminate and they shall have such\ninterest or estate in the fund and any interest accrued thereon so paid into\ncourt as they had in the property so taken or damaged. All liens by a deed of\ntrust, judgment or otherwise upon such property or any interest therein shall be\ntransferred to the fund so paid into court. If the court is satisfied that the\npersons having an interest therein are before the court, the court shall make\nsuch distribution of such money and any interest accrued thereon as to it may\nseem proper, having due regard to the interest of all persons therein, and in\nwhat proportions such money is properly payable.\n\nB. If it appears from the record in the proceedings or otherwise that the person\nor persons or classes of persons in the proceedings are vested with the superior\nright or claim of title in the land or estate or interest therein condemned, or\nin the proceeds of the award of just compensation, and that the record does not\ndisclose any denial or dispute thereof, by any person or party in interest, the\ncourt may direct that the fund and any interest accrued thereon, after the\npayment therefrom of any taxes, be disbursed and distributed accordingly among\nthe persons entitled thereto or to such person who they may by writing direct.\n\nC. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, the court may inquire into\nthe rights or claims of any persons appearing to be infants, incapacitated or\nunder any other legal incapacity, independent of any statement in the record.\n\nD. Any order for distribution shall conserve and protect the rights of such\nparties in and to the fund and any interest accrued thereon.\n\nE. The cost of a commissioner in chancery appointed by the court to assist in\nmaking the proper distribution in cases of legal disability as herein set forth\nmay be taxed as a cost of the proceedings, to be paid by the petitioner.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 4374; 1942, p. 339; Code 1950, \u00a7 25-26; 1962, c. 426, \u00a7\n25-46.28; 1964, c. 590; 1979, c. 494; 1997, c. 801; 2003, c. 940.","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}}