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The treasurer shall accept and credit against the tax on the property a pro rata partial payment of taxes on property sold at a trustee’s sale conducted under Chapter 3 (\u00a7 55.1-300 et seq.) of Title 55.1. In all cases covered by this section the procedure as between the commissioner of the revenue and the treasurer shall be as prescribed by the Department of Taxation and the Auditor of Public Accounts, acting jointly. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 69; in 1981, chapter 134; in 1984, chapter 675.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86226,"section_number":"55.1-300","catch_line":"Form of a deed","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-300\/"}],"permalink":{"id":258763,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87296,"identifier":"58.1-3920","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3920","url":"\/58.1-3920\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-3920\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3920","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prepayment of taxes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-3920","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person desiring to pay any local taxes for any year prior to the time the treasurer receives copies of the commissioner’s books may pay the same to the treasurer and the treasurer shall give his receipt therefor; but if such taxes are of a kind requiring a return to be filed with the commissioner of the revenue in order<\/span> that the correct amount of taxes may be computed, such person shall file such return with the commissioner of the revenue before he pays such taxes to the treasurer. The treasurer shall accept and credit against the tax on the property a pro rata partial payment of taxes on property sold at a trustee’s sale conducted under Chapter 3 (\u00a7 55.1-300<\/a> et seq.) of Title 55.1. In all cases covered by this section the procedure as between the commissioner of the revenue and the treasurer shall be as prescribed by the Department<\/span> of Taxation and the Auditor of Public Accounts, acting jointly. But nothing in this section in conflict with the provisions of the charter of any city or town in relation to local taxes shall be construed as repealing such provisions.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPREPAYMENT OF TAXES (\u00a7 58.1-3920)\n\nAny person desiring to pay any local taxes for any year prior to the time the\ntreasurer receives copies of the commissioner’s books may pay the same to\nthe treasurer and the treasurer shall give his receipt therefor; but if such\ntaxes are of a kind requiring a return to be filed with the commissioner of the\nrevenue in order that the correct amount of taxes may be computed, such person\nshall file such return with the commissioner of the revenue before he pays such\ntaxes to the treasurer. The treasurer shall accept and credit against the tax on\nthe property a pro rata partial payment of taxes on property sold at a\ntrustee’s sale conducted under Chapter 3 (\u00a7 55.1-300 et seq.) of Title\n55.1. In all cases covered by this section the procedure as between the\ncommissioner of the revenue and the treasurer shall be as prescribed by the\nDepartment of Taxation and the Auditor of Public Accounts, acting jointly. But\nnothing in this section in conflict with the provisions of the charter of any\ncity or town in relation to local taxes shall be construed as repealing such\nprovisions.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-966; 1956, c. 69; 1981, c. 134; 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}}