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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 148 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0051\">51<\/a>; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":86328,"section_number":"55.1-1251","catch_line":"Remedy after termination","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1251\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":60662,"section_number":"55.1-1245","catch_line":"(Effective the later of July 1, 2028, or 7 years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1245\/"},{"id":67992,"section_number":"55.1-1415","catch_line":"Failure to pay certain rents after five days' notice forfeits right of possession","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1415\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246113,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58862,"identifier":"55.1-1247","token":"55.1\/III\/12\/5\/55.1-1247","url":"\/55.1-1247\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1247\/","token":"55.1\/III\/12\/5\/55.1-1247","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1247","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The sheriff of any county or city, upon request, may deliver any <span class=\"dictionary\">notice<\/span> to a <span class=\"dictionary\">tenant<\/span> on behalf of a <span class=\"dictionary\">landlord<\/span> or lessor under the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"(Effective the later of July 1, 2028, or 7 years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty\" href=\"\/55.1-1245\/\">55.1-1245<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Failure to pay certain rents after five days&#039; notice forfeits right of possession\" href=\"\/55.1-1415\/\">55.1-1415<\/a>. For this service, the sheriff shall be allowed a fee not to exceed $12.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSHERIFFS AUTHORIZED TO SERVE CERTAIN NOTICES; FEE FOR SERVICE (\u00a7 55.1-1247)\n\nThe sheriff of any county or city, upon request, may deliver any notice to a\ntenant on behalf of a landlord or lessor under the provisions of \u00a7 55.1-1245 or\n55.1-1415. For this service, the sheriff shall be allowed a fee not to exceed\n$12.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 148, \u00a7 55-248.31:1; 1995, c. 51; 2019, c. 712.","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}}