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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58862</law_id><section_number>55.1-1247</section_number><catch_line>Sheriffs authorized to serve certain notices; fee for service</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>55.1-1251</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="55.1">Property and Conveyances</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Rental Conveyances</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="12">Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Landlord Remedies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The sheriff of any county or city, upon request, may deliver any <span class="dictionary">notice</span> to a <span class="dictionary">tenant</span> on behalf of a <span class="dictionary">landlord</span> or lessor under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="(Effective the later of July 1, 2028, or 7 years after the COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency expires) Noncompliance with rental agreement; monetary penalty" href="/55.1-1245/">55.1-1245</a> or <a class="law" title="Failure to pay certain rents after five days' notice forfeits right of possession" href="/55.1-1415/">55.1-1415</a>. For this service, the sheriff shall be allowed a fee not to exceed $12.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 148, &#xA7; 55-248.31:1; 1995, c. 51; 2019, c. 712.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
