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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64345</law_id><section_number>58.1-3954</section_number><catch_line>Procedure in such suits</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-3919</reference><reference>58.1-3965</reference></referred_to_by><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="3">Collection by Distress, Suit, Lien, Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Such proceedings shall be instituted and conducted in the name of the county, city, or town in which such taxes are assessed, at the direction of the governing body of the county, city or town, by such attorney as the governing body may employ or retain for the purpose.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-1016; 1954, c. 333; 1984, c. 675; 1993, c. 27.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
