{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/58.1-3947.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/58.1-3947.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/58.1-3947.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/58.1-3947.html"}],"law_id":77647,"edition_id":1,"section_id":77647,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3947","catch_line":"Lease of real estate for collection of taxes","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 58-1003; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1984, c. 675; 2019, cc. 180, 700.","full_text":"Any real estate in the county, city or town belonging to the person or estate assessed with taxes due on such real estate may be rented or leased by the treasurer, sheriff, constable or collector, privately or at public outcry, after due publication, in the discretion of such treasurer, sheriff, constable or collector, either at the front door of the courthouse or on the premises or at some public place in the community where the premises are situated, after giving not less than fifteen days’ notice by printed or written notices posted at the front door of the courthouse and at three or more places in the neighborhood of the real estate to be leased. Such leasing shall be for a term not exceeding one year and for cash sufficient to pay the taxes due on the real estate so rented and the costs and charges of advertising and leasing. When a lease is effected, the treasurer, collector, sheriff or constable leasing such real estate shall put the lessee in possession thereof and for such purpose shall have like powers as those exercised by a sheriff acting under a writ of possession or writ of eviction.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":278529,"text":"Any real estate in the county, city or town belonging to the person or estate assessed with taxes due on such real estate may be rented or leased by the treasurer, sheriff, constable or collector, privately or at public outcry, after due publication, in the discretion of such treasurer, sheriff, constable or collector, either at the front door of the courthouse or on the premises or at some public place in the community where the premises are situated, after giving not less than fifteen days’ notice by printed or written notices posted at the front door of the courthouse and at three or more places in the neighborhood of the real estate to be leased. Such leasing shall be for a term not exceeding one year and for cash sufficient to pay the taxes due on the real estate so rented and the costs and charges of advertising and leasing. When a lease is effected, the treasurer, collector, sheriff or constable leasing such real estate shall put the lessee in possession thereof and for such purpose shall have like powers as those exercised by a sheriff acting under a writ of possession or writ of eviction.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13956,"edition_id":1,"name":"Collection by Distress, Suit, Lien, Etc","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13043,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:25","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:25","permalink":{"id":258851,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13956,"identifier":"3","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3","url":"\/58.1\/III\/39\/3\/","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":72311,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3940","catch_line":"Limitation on collection of local taxes","url":"\/58.1-3940\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3940","metadata":false},{"id":56989,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3941","catch_line":"What may be distrained for taxes","url":"\/58.1-3941\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3941","metadata":false},{"id":74679,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3942","catch_line":"Security interests no bar to distress","url":"\/58.1-3942\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3942","metadata":false},{"id":70833,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3943","catch_line":"Distraint on property of tenant or of owner of tract who has sold part thereof","url":"\/58.1-3943\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3943","metadata":false},{"id":79444,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3944","catch_line":"Tenant paying taxes or levies to have credit out of rents","url":"\/58.1-3944\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3944","metadata":false},{"id":82576,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3945","catch_line":"Where land lies partly in one county and partly in another","url":"\/58.1-3945\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3945","metadata":false},{"id":61073,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3946","catch_line":"When owner a nonresident of county, city or town where land lies","url":"\/58.1-3946\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3946","metadata":false},{"id":77647,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3947","catch_line":"Lease of real estate for collection of taxes","url":"\/58.1-3947\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3947","metadata":false},{"id":72853,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3948","catch_line":"Notice to tenant prior to such leasing","url":"\/58.1-3948\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3948","metadata":false},{"id":64481,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3949","catch_line":"Reserved","url":"\/58.1-3949\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3949","metadata":false},{"id":86885,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3952","catch_line":"Collection out of estate in hands of or debts due by third party","url":"\/58.1-3952\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3952","metadata":false},{"id":55016,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3953","catch_line":"Additional proceedings for the collection of taxes; jurisdiction and venue","url":"\/58.1-3953\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3953","metadata":false},{"id":64345,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3954","catch_line":"Procedure in such suits","url":"\/58.1-3954\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3954","metadata":false},{"id":86110,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3955","catch_line":"Judgment or decree; effect thereof; enforcement","url":"\/58.1-3955\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3955","metadata":false},{"id":65081,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3956","catch_line":"Collection in foreign jurisdiction","url":"\/58.1-3956\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3956","metadata":false},{"id":77997,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3957","catch_line":"Payments to attorneys or others for collection","url":"\/58.1-3957\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3957","metadata":false},{"id":71033,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3958","catch_line":"Payment of administrative costs, etc","url":"\/58.1-3958\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3958","metadata":false},{"id":55485,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3959","catch_line":"Petition to ascertain delinquent taxes; exoneration from lien","url":"\/58.1-3959\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3959","metadata":false},{"id":56986,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3960","catch_line":"Validation of certain tax deeds made under repealed \u00a7 58-1052 or \u00a7 58-1091","url":"\/58.1-3960\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3960","metadata":false},{"id":59795,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3961","catch_line":"Assessment not invalid unless rights prejudiced by error","url":"\/58.1-3961\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3961","metadata":false},{"id":84915,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3962","catch_line":"Reserved","url":"\/58.1-3962\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3962","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":61073,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3946","catch_line":"When owner a nonresident of county, city or town where land lies","url":"\/58.1-3946\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3946","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":72853,"structure_id":13956,"section_number":"58.1-3948","catch_line":"Notice to tenant prior to such leasing","url":"\/58.1-3948\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3948","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/58.1-3947\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1984, chapter 675; in 2019, chapters 180<\/a> and 700<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":258881,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77647,"identifier":"58.1-3947","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3947","url":"\/58.1-3947\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-3947\/","token":"58.1\/III\/39\/3\/58.1-3947","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lease of real estate for collection of taxes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-3947","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any real estate in the county, city or town belonging to the person or estate assessed with taxes due on such real estate may be rented or leased by the treasurer, sheriff, constable or collector, privately or at public outcry, after due publication, in the discretion of such treasurer, sheriff, constable or collector, either at the front door of the courthouse or on the premises or at some public place in the community where the premises are situated, after giving not less than fifteen days’ notice by printed or written notices posted at the front door of the courthouse and at three or more places in the neighborhood of the real estate to be leased. Such leasing shall be for a term not exceeding one year and for cash sufficient to pay the taxes due on the real estate so rented and the costs and charges of advertising and leasing. When a lease is effected, the treasurer, collector, sheriff or constable leasing such real estate shall put the lessee in possession<\/span> thereof and for such purpose shall have like powers as those exercised by a sheriff acting under a writ<\/span> of possession<\/span> or writ<\/span> of eviction.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEASE OF REAL ESTATE FOR COLLECTION OF TAXES (\u00a7 58.1-3947)\n\nAny real estate in the county, city or town belonging to the person or estate\nassessed with taxes due on such real estate may be rented or leased by the\ntreasurer, sheriff, constable or collector, privately or at public outcry, after\ndue publication, in the discretion of such treasurer, sheriff, constable or\ncollector, either at the front door of the courthouse or on the premises or at\nsome public place in the community where the premises are situated, after giving\nnot less than fifteen days’ notice by printed or written notices posted at\nthe front door of the courthouse and at three or more places in the neighborhood\nof the real estate to be leased. Such leasing shall be for a term not exceeding\none year and for cash sufficient to pay the taxes due on the real estate so\nrented and the costs and charges of advertising and leasing. When a lease is\neffected, the treasurer, collector, sheriff or constable leasing such real\nestate shall put the lessee in possession thereof and for such purpose shall\nhave like powers as those exercised by a sheriff acting under a writ of\npossession or writ of eviction.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-1003; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155; 1984, c. 675; 2019, cc.\n180, 700.","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}}