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If the goods and chattels be expensive to keep or perishable, the court from whose clerk’s office the writ of fieri facias or the distress warrant was issued under which the seizure is made, or if the distress warrant was issued by a clerk, the court of which he is a clerk, may order a sale of the property seized under fieri facias or distress warrant to be made upon such notice less than ten days as to such court may seem proper. At the time and place so appointed, such officer shall sell to the highest bidder, for cash, such goods and chattels, or so much thereof as may be necessary.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":288811,"text":"In any case of goods and chattels which an officer shall distrain or levy on, otherwise than under an attachment, or which he may be directed to sell by an order of a court, unless such order prescribe a different course, the officer shall fix upon a time and place for the sale thereof and post notice of the same at least ten days before the day of sale at some place near the residence of the owner if he reside in the county or city and at two or more public places in the officer’s county or city. If the goods and chattels be expensive to keep or perishable, the court from whose clerk’s office the writ of fieri facias or the distress warrant was issued under which the seizure is made, or if the distress warrant was issued by a clerk, the court of which he is a clerk, may order a sale of the property seized under fieri facias or distress warrant to be made upon such notice less than ten days as to such court may seem proper. 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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 1962, chapter 10; in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65409,"section_number":"8.01-510","catch_line":"Sale, collection and disposition of debtor's estate by officer","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-510\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":278185,"object_type":"law","relational_id":80582,"identifier":"8.01-492","token":"8.01\/18\/4\/8.01-492","url":"\/8.01-492\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-492\/","token":"8.01\/18\/4\/8.01-492","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sale of property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-492","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any case of goods and chattels which an officer shall distrain or levy<\/span> on, otherwise than under an attachment<\/span>, or which he may be directed to sell by an order<\/span> of a court<\/span>, unless such order<\/span> prescribe a different course, the officer shall fix upon a time and place for the sale thereof and post notice of the same at least ten days before the day of sale at some place near the residence of the owner if he reside in the county or city and at two or more public places in the officer’s county or city. If the goods and chattels be expensive to keep or perishable, the court<\/span> from whose clerk’s office the writ of fieri facias<\/span> or the distress warrant was issued under which the seizure is made, or if the distress warrant was issued by a clerk, the court<\/span> of which he is a clerk, may order<\/span> a sale of the property seized under fieri facias or distress warrant to be made upon such notice less than ten days as to such court<\/span> may seem proper. At the time and place so appointed, such officer shall sell to the highest bidder, for cash, such goods and chattels, or so much thereof as may be necessary.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSALE OF PROPERTY (\u00a7 8.01-492)\n\nIn any case of goods and chattels which an officer shall distrain or levy on,\notherwise than under an attachment, or which he may be directed to sell by an\norder of a court, unless such order prescribe a different course, the officer\nshall fix upon a time and place for the sale thereof and post notice of the same\nat least ten days before the day of sale at some place near the residence of the\nowner if he reside in the county or city and at two or more public places in the\nofficer’s county or city. If the goods and chattels be expensive to keep\nor perishable, the court from whose clerk’s office the writ of fieri\nfacias or the distress warrant was issued under which the seizure is made, or if\nthe distress warrant was issued by a clerk, the court of which he is a clerk,\nmay order a sale of the property seized under fieri facias or distress warrant\nto be made upon such notice less than ten days as to such court may seem proper.\nAt the time and place so appointed, such officer shall sell to the highest\nbidder, for cash, such goods and chattels, or so much thereof as may be\nnecessary.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-422.1; 1962, c. 10; 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}}