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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86110</law_id><section_number>58.1-3955</section_number><catch_line>Judgment or decree; effect thereof; enforcement</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="3">Collection by Distress, Suit, Lien, Etc</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any proceeding under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Additional proceedings for the collection of taxes; jurisdiction and venue" href="/58.1-3953/">58.1-3953</a> the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall have the power to determine the proper taxes, penalties and interest with which upon a correct assessment the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> is chargeable for any year or years not barred by the <span class="dictionary">statute of limitations</span> at the time the proceedings were instituted, and <span class="dictionary">order</span> payment thereof. If any taxes of which collection is sought have been erroneously charged, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may <span class="dictionary">order</span> exoneration thereof. Payment of such <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> or <span class="dictionary">decree</span> shall be enforced against the <span class="dictionary">taxpayer</span> in the same manner that it could be enforced in a proceeding between individuals.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-1017; 1984, c. 675.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
