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The treasurer may request that the taxpayer return a form to be marked as a receipt, and may, except in the year the real estate is transferred, charge a reasonable sum, not to exceed two dollars, to cover the cost of preparing any additional receipt. If any officer knowingly fails to deliver such a receipt on the request of the taxpayer, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. If such failure is for fraudulent purposes, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":231464,"text":"The treasurer shall deliver on request a receipt to each taxpayer from whom he has collected taxes or levies, showing plainly the date of payment and the tax ticket description of each parcel for which payment was made. 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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 1975, chapter 22; in 1983, chapter 610; in 1984, chapter 675; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0239\">239<\/a>; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0324\">324<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":258723,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63533,"identifier":"58.1-3914","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3914","url":"\/58.1-3914\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-3914\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3914","dublin_core":{"Title":"Delivery of receipts to taxpayers when taxes collected","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-3914","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The treasurer shall deliver on request a receipt to each <span class=\"dictionary\">taxpayer<\/span> from whom he has collected taxes or levies, showing plainly the date of payment and the tax ticket description of each parcel for which payment was made. The treasurer may request that the <span class=\"dictionary\">taxpayer<\/span> return a form to be marked as a receipt, and may, except in the year the real estate is transferred, charge a reasonable sum, not to exceed two dollars, to cover the cost of preparing any additional receipt. If any officer knowingly fails to deliver such a receipt on the request of the <span class=\"dictionary\">taxpayer<\/span>, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. 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If such failure is\nfor fraudulent purposes, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-959; 1975, c. 22; 1983, c. 610; 1984, c. 675; 1995, c.\n239; 1996, c. 324.","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}}