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It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":280033,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64431,"identifier":"8.01-173","token":"8.01\/3\/15\/8.01-173","url":"\/8.01-173\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-173\/","token":"8.01\/3\/15\/8.01-173","dublin_core":{"Title":"How tenant for life, paying for improvements, reimbursed","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-173","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If the <span class=\"dictionary\">plaintiff<\/span> claim only an estate for life in the land recovered, and pay any sum allowed to the <span class=\"dictionary\">defendant<\/span> for improvements, he, or his personal representative at the determination of his estate, may recover from the remainderman or reversioner, the value of such improvements as they then exist, not exceeding the amount so paid by him, and shall have a <span class=\"dictionary\">lien<\/span> therefor on the premises, in like manner as if they had been mortgaged for the payment thereof, and may keep <span class=\"dictionary\">possession<\/span> of such premises until the same be paid.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW TENANT FOR LIFE, PAYING FOR IMPROVEMENTS, REIMBURSED (\u00a7 8.01-173)\n\nIf the plaintiff claim only an estate for life in the land recovered, and pay\nany sum allowed to the defendant for improvements, he, or his personal\nrepresentative at the determination of his estate, may recover from the\nremainderman or reversioner, the value of such improvements as they then exist,\nnot exceeding the amount so paid by him, and shall have a lien therefor on the\npremises, in like manner as if they had been mortgaged for the payment thereof,\nand may keep possession of such premises until the same be paid.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-849; 1977, c. 617.","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}}