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Any officer collecting any such taxes unless otherwise specifically provided by law, shall forthwith transmit such payment to the treasurer, who shall give his receipt therefor and record the payment, thereby releasing the lien. Where such list is kept in a visible card index file, the treasurer may, at the time of entry of the records of payment, remove from the file the cards on which such payments have been noted; and such cards may, on certification by the Auditor of Public Accounts that the same are no longer needed for audit, be destroyed.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238001,"text":"Liens of delinquent real estate taxes and all liens described under \u00a7 58.1-3745 shall be recorded in the office of the treasurer in a book or an approved visible card system to be kept for the purpose and indexed in the names of the persons against whom the taxes on real estate are assessed, or in a computer system approved by the Auditor of Public Accounts. Any officer collecting any such taxes unless otherwise specifically provided by law, shall forthwith transmit such payment to the treasurer, who shall give his receipt therefor and record the payment, thereby releasing the lien. Where such list is kept in a visible card index file, the treasurer may, at the time of entry of the records of payment, remove from the file the cards on which such payments have been noted; and such cards may, on certification by the Auditor of Public Accounts that the same are no longer needed for audit, be destroyed.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15229,"edition_id":1,"name":"Collection by Treasurers, Etc","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13043,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:53:11","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:53:11","permalink":{"id":258701,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15229,"identifier":"2","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2","url":"\/58.1\/III\/39\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13043,"edition_id":1,"name":"Enforcement, Collection, Refunds, Remedies and Review of Local Taxes","identifier":"39","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12704,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:10","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:10","permalink":{"id":258657,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13043,"identifier":"39","token":"58.1\/III\/39","url":"\/58.1\/III\/39\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12704,"edition_id":1,"name":"Local Taxes","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12703,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":256459,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12704,"identifier":"III","token":"58.1\/III","url":"\/58.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12703,"edition_id":1,"name":"Taxation","identifier":"58.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":251959,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12703,"identifier":"58.1","token":"58.1","url":"\/58.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":87181,"structure_id":15229,"section_number":"58.1-3910","catch_line":"Treasurer to collect and pay over taxes","url":"\/58.1-3910\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3910","metadata":false},{"id":64650,"structure_id":15229,"section_number":"58.1-3910.1","catch_line":"Collection of town taxes by county","url":"\/58.1-3910.1\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3910.1","metadata":false},{"id":82158,"structure_id":15229,"section_number":"58.1-3911","catch_line":"Notice of taxes due","url":"\/58.1-3911\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3911","metadata":false},{"id":78988,"structure_id":15229,"section_number":"58.1-3912","catch_line":"Local tax officials to mail certain tax documents to taxpayers; 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It has been modified 8 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 1962, chapter 137; in 1977, chapter 268; in 1980, chapter 263; in 1983, chapter 90; in 1984, chapter 675; in 1985, chapter 131; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0462\">462<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0305\">305<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0618\">618<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64995,"section_number":"15.2-104","catch_line":"Liens against real estate","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-104\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57709,"section_number":"58.1-3745","catch_line":" Lien on real estate and personal property of businesses severing coal","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3745\/"}],"permalink":{"id":258807,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65453,"identifier":"58.1-3930","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3930","url":"\/58.1-3930\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-3930\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/2\/58.1-3930","dublin_core":{"Title":"How liens to be recorded; release of liens","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-3930","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Liens<\/span> of delinquent real estate taxes and all <span class=\"dictionary\">liens<\/span> described under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\" Lien on real estate and personal property of businesses severing coal\" href=\"\/58.1-3745\/\">58.1-3745<\/a> shall be recorded in the office of the treasurer in a book or an approved visible card system to be kept for the purpose and indexed in the names of the persons against whom the taxes on real estate are assessed, or in a computer system approved by the Auditor of Public Accounts. Any officer collecting any such taxes unless otherwise specifically provided by <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, shall forthwith transmit such payment to the treasurer, who shall give his receipt therefor and record the payment, thereby releasing the <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span>. Where such list is kept in a visible card index file, the treasurer may, at the time of entry of the records of payment, remove from the file the cards on which such payments have been noted; and such cards may, on certification by the Auditor of Public Accounts that the same are no longer needed for audit, be destroyed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW LIENS TO BE RECORDED; RELEASE OF LIENS (\u00a7 58.1-3930)\n\nLiens of delinquent real estate taxes and all liens described under \u00a7 58.1-3745\nshall be recorded in the office of the treasurer in a book or an approved\nvisible card system to be kept for the purpose and indexed in the names of the\npersons against whom the taxes on real estate are assessed, or in a computer\nsystem approved by the Auditor of Public Accounts. Any officer collecting any\nsuch taxes unless otherwise specifically provided by law, shall forthwith\ntransmit such payment to the treasurer, who shall give his receipt therefor and\nrecord the payment, thereby releasing the lien. Where such list is kept in a\nvisible card index file, the treasurer may, at the time of entry of the records\nof payment, remove from the file the cards on which such payments have been\nnoted; and such cards may, on certification by the Auditor of Public Accounts\nthat the same are no longer needed for audit, be destroyed.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-985; 1962, c. 137; 1977, c. 268; 1980, c. 263; 1983,\nc. 90; 1984, c. 675; 1985, c. 131; 2001, c. 462; 2013, cc. 305, 618.","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}}