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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 1977, chapter 617; in 2022, chapter 62<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":55050,"section_number":"54.1-600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-600\/"}],"permalink":{"id":278177,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57380,"identifier":"8.01-490","token":"8.01\/18\/4\/8.01-490","url":"\/8.01-490\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-490\/","token":"8.01\/18\/4\/8.01-490","dublin_core":{"Title":"No unreasonable distress or levy; sustenance provided for livestock; removal of property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-490","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Officers shall in no case make an unreasonable distress or levy<\/span>. For horses, or any livestock distrained or levied on, the officer shall provide sufficient sustenance while they remain in his possession<\/span>. Nothing distrained or levied on shall be removed by him out of his county or city, except that an officer distraining or levying on personal property may employ a Virginia-licensed auctioneer or auction firm, as those terms are defined in \u00a7 54.1-600<\/a>, to sell such property on behalf of the officer, and the officer may remove such property to transport such property to the site of an auction for such sale, regardless of whether such site is within or outside such officer’s county or city, or unless when it is otherwise specially provided.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNO UNREASONABLE DISTRESS OR LEVY; SUSTENANCE PROVIDED FOR LIVESTOCK; REMOVAL OF\nPROPERTY (\u00a7 8.01-490)\n\nOfficers shall in no case make an unreasonable distress or levy. For horses, or\nany livestock distrained or levied on, the officer shall provide sufficient\nsustenance while they remain in his possession. Nothing distrained or levied on\nshall be removed by him out of his county or city, except that an officer\ndistraining or levying on personal property may employ a Virginia-licensed\nauctioneer or auction firm, as those terms are defined in \u00a7 54.1-600, to sell\nsuch property on behalf of the officer, and the officer may remove such property\nto transport such property to the site of an auction for such sale, regardless\nof whether such site is within or outside such officer’s county or city,\nor unless when it is otherwise specially provided.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-421.2; 1977, c. 617; 2022, c. 62.","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}}