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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1984, chapter 675.<\/p>","references":[{"id":73950,"section_number":"58.1-3003","catch_line":"Appeal from order of levy","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3003\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86565,"section_number":"58.1-3131","catch_line":"Warrants; recordkeeping requirements; release of information","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3131\/"}],"permalink":{"id":256729,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70934,"identifier":"58.1-3140","token":"58.1\/III\/31\/2\/58.1-3140","url":"\/58.1-3140\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-3140\/","token":"58.1\/III\/31\/2\/58.1-3140","dublin_core":{"Title":"Remedy for failure to pay such warrants","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-3140","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If any such treasurer (i) fails to pay, upon presentation, any legal warrant listed in \u00a7 58.1-3131<\/a>, for which he has at the time funds appropriated by the governing body of his jurisdiction<\/span> out of which such warrant ought to be paid, or (ii) fails to set apart necessary funds, when such funds are appropriated and come into his hands, for the payment of such warrant or (iii) fails to pay over the amount due upon such warrant as soon thereafter as the same may be again presented, the holder thereof may, on motion<\/span> in his own name, in the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the treasurer’s county or city, recover from him and his sureties the amount of such warrant, together with damages<\/span> at the rate of ten percent per month on the amount from the time such treasurer should have paid the warrant and the costs of such motion<\/span>, including reasonable attorney’s fees.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREMEDY FOR FAILURE TO PAY SUCH WARRANTS (\u00a7 58.1-3140)\n\nIf any such treasurer (i) fails to pay, upon presentation, any legal warrant\nlisted in \u00a7 58.1-3131, for which he has at the time funds appropriated by the\ngoverning body of his jurisdiction out of which such warrant ought to be paid,\nor (ii) fails to set apart necessary funds, when such funds are appropriated and\ncome into his hands, for the payment of such warrant or (iii) fails to pay over\nthe amount due upon such warrant as soon thereafter as the same may be again\npresented, the holder thereof may, on motion in his own name, in the circuit\ncourt of the treasurer’s county or city, recover from him and his sureties\nthe amount of such warrant, together with damages at the rate of ten percent per\nmonth on the amount from the time such treasurer should have paid the warrant\nand the costs of such motion, including reasonable attorney’s fees.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-928; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 51; 1984, c. 675.","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}}