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If no such application is so filed, then such hotel shall pay over such surplus to the State Treasurer, who shall credit the same to the Literary Fund. Compliance by a hotel with the provisions of this and the two preceding sections (\u00a7\u00a7 43-37, 43-38) shall be a complete bar and defense to any claim that may thereafter be made by anyone against such hotel on account of such baggage or other personal property.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":245818,"text":"The proceeds of sale shall be applied to the expenses of such sale, including the expense of notices, and to the satisfaction of the debt or charges, if any, with legal interest against such baggage or other personal property. The surplus, if any, shall be paid by the hotel to the owner of such baggage or other personal property, upon written application filed with such hotel by the owner within thirty days after such sale. If no such application is so filed, then such hotel shall pay over such surplus to the State Treasurer, who shall credit the same to the Literary Fund. Compliance by a hotel with the provisions of this and the two preceding sections (\u00a7\u00a7 43-37, 43-38) shall be a complete bar and defense to any claim that may thereafter be made by anyone against such hotel on account of such baggage or other personal property.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14198,"edition_id":1,"name":"Liens of Innkeepers, Livery Stable, Garage and Marina Keepers, Mechanics and Bailees","identifier":"4","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14159,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:14","permalink":{"id":221433,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14198,"identifier":"4","token":"43\/4","url":"\/43\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14159,"edition_id":1,"name":"Mechanics' and Certain Other Liens","identifier":"43","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:04","permalink":{"id":221265,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14159,"identifier":"43","token":"43","url":"\/43\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65617,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-31","catch_line":"Lien of innkeepers, etc","url":"\/43-31\/","token":"43\/4\/43-31","metadata":false},{"id":57546,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-32","catch_line":"Lien of keeper of livery stable, marina, etc","url":"\/43-32\/","token":"43\/4\/43-32","metadata":false},{"id":55515,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-33","catch_line":"Lien of mechanic for repairs","url":"\/43-33\/","token":"43\/4\/43-33","metadata":false},{"id":55384,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-34","catch_line":"Enforcement of liens acquired under \u00a7\u00a7 43-31 through 43-33 and of liens of bailees","url":"\/43-34\/","token":"43\/4\/43-34","metadata":false},{"id":77827,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-34.1","catch_line":"Lien of keeper of hangar or tie-down on aircraft subject to a chattel mortgage","url":"\/43-34.1\/","token":"43\/4\/43-34.1","metadata":false},{"id":74979,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-35","catch_line":"How and when validity of lien, or claim of other person to property, is tried","url":"\/43-35\/","token":"43\/4\/43-35","metadata":false},{"id":68579,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-36","catch_line":"Appeals, how taken and tried","url":"\/43-36\/","token":"43\/4\/43-36","metadata":false},{"id":68400,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-37","catch_line":"Sale of baggage and other personal property held pursuant to \u00a7 43-31 or unclaimed","url":"\/43-37\/","token":"43\/4\/43-37","metadata":false},{"id":57895,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-38","catch_line":"Withdrawal from such sale upon payment of charges, interest and expenses","url":"\/43-38\/","token":"43\/4\/43-38","metadata":false},{"id":67882,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-39","catch_line":"Distribution of proceeds of sale","url":"\/43-39\/","token":"43\/4\/43-39","metadata":false},{"id":62324,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-40","catch_line":"Subsequent payment of surplus proceeds to persons entitled thereto","url":"\/43-40\/","token":"43\/4\/43-40","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":57895,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-38","catch_line":"Withdrawal from such sale upon payment of charges, interest and expenses","url":"\/43-38\/","token":"43\/4\/43-38","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":62324,"structure_id":14198,"section_number":"43-40","catch_line":"Subsequent payment of surplus proceeds to persons entitled thereto","url":"\/43-40\/","token":"43\/4\/43-40","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/43-39\/","history_text":false,"references":[{"id":62324,"section_number":"43-40","catch_line":"Subsequent payment of surplus proceeds to persons entitled thereto","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-40\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":68400,"section_number":"43-37","catch_line":"Sale of baggage and other personal property held pursuant to \u00a7 43-31 or unclaimed","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-37\/"},{"id":57895,"section_number":"43-38","catch_line":"Withdrawal from such sale upon payment of charges, interest and expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-38\/"}],"permalink":{"id":221471,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67882,"identifier":"43-39","token":"43\/4\/43-39","url":"\/43-39\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/43-39\/","token":"43\/4\/43-39","dublin_core":{"Title":"Distribution of proceeds of sale","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 43-39","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The proceeds of sale shall be applied to the expenses of such sale, including the expense of notices, and to the satisfaction of the debt or charges, if any, with legal interest against such baggage or other personal property. The surplus, if any, shall be paid by the hotel to the owner of such baggage or other personal property, upon written application filed with such hotel by the owner within thirty days after such sale. If no such application is so filed, then such hotel shall pay over such surplus to the State Treasurer, who shall credit the same to the Literary Fund. Compliance by a hotel with the provisions of this and the two preceding sections (\u00a7\u00a7 43-37<\/a>, 43-38<\/a>) shall be a complete bar and defense to any claim that may thereafter be made by anyone against such hotel on account of such baggage or other personal property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS OF SALE (\u00a7 43-39)\n\nThe proceeds of sale shall be applied to the expenses of such sale, including\nthe expense of notices, and to the satisfaction of the debt or charges, if any,\nwith legal interest against such baggage or other personal property. The\nsurplus, if any, shall be paid by the hotel to the owner of such baggage or\nother personal property, upon written application filed with such hotel by the\nowner within thirty days after such sale. If no such application is so filed,\nthen such hotel shall pay over such surplus to the State Treasurer, who shall\ncredit the same to the Literary Fund. Compliance by a hotel with the provisions\nof this and the two preceding sections (\u00a7\u00a7 43-37, 43-38) shall be a complete\nbar and defense to any claim that may thereafter be made by anyone against such\nhotel on account of such baggage or other personal property.\n\nHISTORY: 1940, p. 270; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 6451d.","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}}