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The sheriff and the owner of the real property shall not have any liability for the loss of any such manufactured home remaining on the manufactured home lot, nor shall they have any liability for the loss of any removed personal property.\n\t\tThe owner, before obtaining possession of such personal property so placed in a storage area shall pay to the parties entitled thereto the reasonable and necessary costs incidental to such removal and storage. Should such owner fail or refuse to pay such costs within 30 days from the date of placing the property in storage, the sheriff shall, after due notice to the owner and holders of liens of record, dispose of the property by publicly advertised public sale. The proceeds from such sale shall be used to pay all costs of removal, storage, and sale, all fees and liens, and the balance of such funds shall be paid to the person entitled thereto. Should the cost of removal and storage exceed the proceeds realized from such sale the county or city shall reimburse the sheriff for such excess, except that any such excess costs related to the disposal of a manufactured home shall be paid by the owner of the real property from which the manufactured home was removed. The sheriff, in his discretion, may refuse to remove or dispose of such manufactured home until the owner of the real property pays to the sheriff the estimated cost of such removal and disposition. Subsequent to disposition, the sheriff shall reimburse the owner to the extent the actual cost is less than the estimated cost, or shall request additional payment to the extent the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":268849,"text":"In any county or city, when personal property is removed from premises pursuant to an action of unlawful detainer or ejectment, or pursuant to any other action in which personal property is removed from premises in order to restore such premises to the person entitled thereto, the sheriff shall oversee the removal of such personal property and it shall be placed in a storage area designated by the governing body of the county or city if such an area has been so designated, or, in the case of a manufactured home, at the request of the owner of the real property, to be placed into a storage area designated by the owner of the real property which may be the manufactured home lot or other location within the manufactured home park, unless the owner of such personal property then and there removes it from the public way. The sheriff and the owner of the real property shall not have any liability for the loss of any such manufactured home remaining on the manufactured home lot, nor shall they have any liability for the loss of any removed personal property.\n\t\tThe owner, before obtaining possession of such personal property so placed in a storage area shall pay to the parties entitled thereto the reasonable and necessary costs incidental to such removal and storage. Should such owner fail or refuse to pay such costs within 30 days from the date of placing the property in storage, the sheriff shall, after due notice to the owner and holders of liens of record, dispose of the property by publicly advertised public sale. The proceeds from such sale shall be used to pay all costs of removal, storage, and sale, all fees and liens, and the balance of such funds shall be paid to the person entitled thereto. Should the cost of removal and storage exceed the proceeds realized from such sale the county or city shall reimburse the sheriff for such excess, except that any such excess costs related to the disposal of a manufactured home shall be paid by the owner of the real property from which the manufactured home was removed. The sheriff, in his discretion, may refuse to remove or dispose of such manufactured home until the owner of the real property pays to the sheriff the estimated cost of such removal and disposition. Subsequent to disposition, the sheriff shall reimburse the owner to the extent the actual cost is less than the estimated cost, or shall request additional payment to the extent the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13709,"edition_id":1,"name":"Ejectment","identifier":"14","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12886,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:37","permalink":{"id":279861,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13709,"identifier":"14","token":"8.01\/3\/14","url":"\/8.01\/3\/14\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12886,"edition_id":1,"name":"Actions","identifier":"3","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12747,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:59","permalink":{"id":279635,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12886,"identifier":"3","token":"8.01\/3","url":"\/8.01\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12747,"edition_id":1,"name":"Civil Remedies and Procedure","identifier":"8.01","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":277029,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12747,"identifier":"8.01","token":"8.01","url":"\/8.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":67166,"structure_id":13709,"section_number":"8.01-131","catch_line":"Action of ejectment retained; 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It has been modified 6 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 1964, chapter 387; in 1977, chapter 617; in 1992, chapter 454; in 1993, chapter 16; in 2005, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0791\">791<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0129\">129<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80063,"section_number":"55.1-1255","catch_line":"Authority of sheriffs to store and sell personal property removed from residential premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1255\/"},{"id":87436,"section_number":"55.1-1416","catch_line":"Authority of sheriffs to store and sell personal property removed from nonresidential premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1416\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":279963,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74826,"identifier":"8.01-156","token":"8.01\/3\/14\/8.01-156","url":"\/8.01-156\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-156\/","token":"8.01\/3\/14\/8.01-156","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of sheriffs, etc., to store and sell personal property removed from premises; recovery of possession by owner; disposition or sale","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-156","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In any county or city, when personal property is removed from premises pursuant to an <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">unlawful detainer<\/span> or ejectment, or pursuant to any other <span class=\"dictionary\">action<\/span> in which personal property is removed from premises in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to restore such premises to the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> entitled thereto, the <span class=\"dictionary\">sheriff<\/span> shall oversee the removal of such personal property and it shall be placed in a storage area designated by the governing body of the county or city if such an area has been so designated, or, in the case of a manufactured home, at the request of the owner of the real property, to be placed into a storage area designated by the owner of the real property which may be the manufactured home lot or other location within the manufactured home park, unless the owner of such personal property then and there removes it from the public way. The <span class=\"dictionary\">sheriff<\/span> and the owner of the real property shall not have any liability for the loss of any such manufactured home remaining on the manufactured home lot, nor shall they have any liability for the loss of any removed personal property.\n\t\tThe owner, before obtaining <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of such personal property so placed in a storage area shall pay to the parties entitled thereto the reasonable and necessary costs incidental to such removal and storage. Should such owner fail or refuse to pay such costs within 30 days from the date of placing the property in storage, the <span class=\"dictionary\">sheriff<\/span> shall, after due notice to the owner and holders of <span class=\"dictionary\">liens<\/span> of record, dispose of the property by publicly advertised public sale. The proceeds from such sale shall be used to pay all costs of removal, storage, and sale, all fees and <span class=\"dictionary\">liens<\/span>, and the balance of such funds shall be paid to the <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> entitled thereto. Should the cost of removal and storage exceed the proceeds realized from such sale the county or city shall reimburse the <span class=\"dictionary\">sheriff<\/span> for such excess, except that any such excess costs related to the disposal of a manufactured home shall be paid by the owner of the real property from which the manufactured home was removed. The <span class=\"dictionary\">sheriff<\/span>, in his discretion, may refuse to remove or dispose of such manufactured home until the owner of the real property pays to the <span class=\"dictionary\">sheriff<\/span> the estimated cost of such removal and <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span>. Subsequent to <span class=\"dictionary\">disposition<\/span>, the <span class=\"dictionary\">sheriff<\/span> shall reimburse the owner to the extent the actual cost is less than the estimated cost, or shall request additional payment to the extent the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF SHERIFFS, ETC., TO STORE AND SELL PERSONAL PROPERTY REMOVED FROM\nPREMISES; RECOVERY OF POSSESSION BY OWNER; DISPOSITION OR SALE (\u00a7 8.01-156)\n\nIn any county or city, when personal property is removed from premises pursuant\nto an action of unlawful detainer or ejectment, or pursuant to any other action\nin which personal property is removed from premises in order to restore such\npremises to the person entitled thereto, the sheriff shall oversee the removal\nof such personal property and it shall be placed in a storage area designated by\nthe governing body of the county or city if such an area has been so designated,\nor, in the case of a manufactured home, at the request of the owner of the real\nproperty, to be placed into a storage area designated by the owner of the real\nproperty which may be the manufactured home lot or other location within the\nmanufactured home park, unless the owner of such personal property then and\nthere removes it from the public way. The sheriff and the owner of the real\nproperty shall not have any liability for the loss of any such manufactured home\nremaining on the manufactured home lot, nor shall they have any liability for\nthe loss of any removed personal property.\n\t\tThe owner, before obtaining possession of such personal property so placed in\na storage area shall pay to the parties entitled thereto the reasonable and\nnecessary costs incidental to such removal and storage. Should such owner fail\nor refuse to pay such costs within 30 days from the date of placing the property\nin storage, the sheriff shall, after due notice to the owner and holders of\nliens of record, dispose of the property by publicly advertised public sale. The\nproceeds from such sale shall be used to pay all costs of removal, storage, and\nsale, all fees and liens, and the balance of such funds shall be paid to the\nperson entitled thereto. Should the cost of removal and storage exceed the\nproceeds realized from such sale the county or city shall reimburse the sheriff\nfor such excess, except that any such excess costs related to the disposal of a\nmanufactured home shall be paid by the owner of the real property from which the\nmanufactured home was removed. The sheriff, in his discretion, may refuse to\nremove or dispose of such manufactured home until the owner of the real property\npays to the sheriff the estimated cost of such removal and disposition.\nSubsequent to disposition, the sheriff shall reimburse the owner to the extent\nthe actual cost is less than the estimated cost, or shall request additional\npayment to the extent the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-825.1; 1964, c. 387; 1977, c. 617; 1992, c. 454; 1993,\nc. 16; 2005, c. 791; 2006, c. 129.","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}}