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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 1956, chapter 15; in 1966, chapter 251; in 1977, chapter 583; in 1981, chapter 514; in 1984, chapter 315; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62613,"section_number":"55.1-2436","catch_line":"Publication of action; what to state and require","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2436\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247915,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82750,"identifier":"55.1-2435","token":"55.1\/V\/24\/55.1-2435","url":"\/55.1-2435\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2435\/","token":"55.1\/V\/24\/55.1-2435","dublin_core":{"Title":"Recovery by escheator of decedent&#8217;s escheated residue and of property abandoned or derelict; fee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2435","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The residue of a decedent&#8217;s estate consisting of real property belonging to the Commonwealth, or subject to escheat to the Commonwealth, and any such property abandoned or derelict, or having no rightful owner, may be recovered from any person in <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> thereof by an escheator by a complaint in the name of the Commonwealth. 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For his services in such recovery, the escheator shall be\nentitled to such fee as may be approved by the State Treasurer, but in no event\nshall such fee exceed 10 percent of the value of such recovered property.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 518; Code 1950, \u00a7 55-197; 1956, c. 15; 1966, c. 251;\n1977, c. 583; 1981, c. 514; 1984, c. 315; 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}}