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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63533</law_id><section_number>58.1-3914</section_number><catch_line>Delivery of receipts to taxpayers when taxes collected</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Local Taxes</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="39">Enforcement, Collection, Refunds, Remedies and Review of Local Taxes</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Collection by Treasurers, Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The treasurer shall deliver on request a receipt to each <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> from whom he has collected taxes or levies, showing plainly the date of payment and the tax ticket description of each parcel for which payment was made. The treasurer may request that the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> return a form to be marked as a receipt, and may, except in the year the real estate is transferred, charge a reasonable sum, not to exceed two dollars, to cover the cost of preparing any additional receipt. If any officer knowingly fails to deliver such a receipt on the request of the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span>, he shall be deemed guilty of a Class 4 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. If such failure is for fraudulent purposes, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-959; 1975, c. 22; 1983, c. 610; 1984, c. 675; 1995, c. 239; 1996, c. 324.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
